POLYSEMY

POLYSEMY

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

   • Polysemy occurs when a word form carries more than one meaning.
     • Sharing the same orthography and phonology, also share some semantic connection, in other words, whose different senses are semantically related

2. Types of polysemy

   • Regular polysemy
     • The words have a systematic relationship, between them
       • referencias: Vicente,B.(2016).Polysemy((1 ed).Universidad del país vasco.
   • Irregular polysemy
     • The systematic relationship between the different meanings does not exist.
       • Divides further into two categories that usually have a metaphorical relationship between the senses.
   • Radial Polysemy
     • One definitionis at the "center" of it all, the other definitions radiate outwards.
       • Definitions are all directly related to one another.
   • Chain Polysemy
     • The various possible definitions are linked to eachother via a chain of definitions.
       • Here, definition A is not directly related to definition C, but via definition B it is.