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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, a morpheme...
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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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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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phenomenon is
called polysemy—a term
borrowed from linguistics. Some
examples of
polysemy include:
intersection polysemy—pairs of
graphs G1 and G2...
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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...
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neutral descriptive term that
avoids distinguishing between vagueness,
polysemy, and homonymy. Some
cases of
colexification are
common across the world...
- 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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Taking the knee Seravalle,
Francesca (2017). "The Fist Photos: On the
Polysemy of the Fist".
Photographic Museum of Humanity.
Retrieved July 2, 2019....
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Synecdoche and
metalepsis are
considered specific types of metonymy.
Polysemy, the
capacity for a word or
phrase to have
multiple meanings, sometimes...
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other automatic translation tools, has its limitations,
struggles with
polysemy (the
multiple meanings a word may have) and
multiword expressions (terms...
