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Polysemy (/pəˈlɪsɪmi/ or /ˈpɒlɪˌsiːmi/; from
Ancient Gr**** πολύ- (polý-) 'many' and σῆμα (sêma) 'sign') is the
capacity for a sign (e.g. a symbol, morpheme...
- homonymy.
Heterosemy contrasts with
polysemy:
while heterosemy implies two
distinct words with the same form,
polysemy implies one word with
multiple meanings...
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linkage of two
senses depends upon a pun, this is
known as
synaesthetic polysemy.
Examples include: "the
hyacinth purple, and white, and blue,
Which flung...
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representation (a
single vector in the
semantic space). In
other words,
polysemy and
homonymy are not
handled properly. For example, in the
sentence "The...
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number of
distinct senses that are
listed in
Wiktionary is
shown in the
polysemy column. For example, "out" can
refer to an escape, a
removal from play...
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Elizabeth K. (2020).
Between Plantations, President, and Public:
Institutional Polysemy and the
Representation of Slavery, Genocide, and
Democracy at
Andrew Jackson's...
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digits on a hand".
Autohyponymy is also
called "vertical
polysemy". Horn
called this "licensed
polysemy", but
found that
autohyponyms also
formed even when...
- that are
spelled or
pronounced the same way but hold
different meanings.
Polysemy refers to a word
having two or more
related meanings.
Lexical semantics...
- meaningless, the
structural integrity of this
sentence is high. The
mechanism of
polysemy –
where a word has
multiple meanings – can be used to
create an interpretation...
- An
albur (plural: albures) is a word play in
Mexican Spanish that
involves a
double entendre. The
first meaning in the
Spanish language of
albur refers...
