Polysemy

Polysemy

1. Polysemy is characterised as the phenomenon whereby a single word form is associated with two or several related senses

2. Is a traditional distinction made in lexicology between hononymy and polysemy

3. regular Polysemy

   • Sistematic Polysemy that recurse in the language. The word that have a systematic relatioship between them
     • Example:
       • the red color of cherries/the brown color of chestnuts

4. Irregular Polysemy

   • systematic relatioship between the differents meanings does not exist
     • Divided in two categories that usually have a metaphorical relationship between the senses
       • Radial Polysemy
         • It´s a center of it all, the other definitions radiate outwards
           • Definitions are all directly related to one another
             • Example:
               • Radial polysemy: Ex. noun ga, which means metal, money, time and prison, depending on the context in which it is used
       • Chain Polysemy
         • The vaious possible definitions are linked to eachother via a chain of definitions

5. References: Saeed, JOHN. (2009). Semantics. (3a ed.). West Sussex, United Kingdom: Editorial Offices.

   • Freedompower. (2012, March 25). Word and Meaning: Polysemy. Retrieved March 16, 2021, from Words of https://freedompower.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/word-and-meaning-polysemy/

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