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Anonymous, 3 yr 362 days ago

Hi Marika, I am an italian girl. I study languages at university and I m conducting a work on the Homonimy.

For this reason I have studied very accurately the difference between homonimy and polysemy so I can help you.

Homonyms are those words without any semantic connection while polysemy is based on a metaphorical extension. This means that two words can have two different meanings but linked between them

For example "newspaper is a polisemantic word

It means not only the object you read but also the place were people work

While try to check on a dictionary the word " beetle", you will find 5 different meanings that don't concern each other: they are homonyms

Is it clear?

Hope helping you

bye

Marika, 3 yr 362 days ago

hello italian girlSmile [:)]

ı thank to you for your reply..

Anonymous, 1 yr 278 days ago

what is polesemy?

 

Mister Micawber  +  478269 Mon, 18 Feb 08 08:30 AM
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POLYSEMY

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