Can you explain the polysemy of the word "lock"?

Apr 18, 2015 ... The term "polysemy" derives from Greek for "multiple signs." EXAMPLES. Book. A bound collection of page; a text that is reproduced and ... Oct 5, 2021 ... Polysemy is contrasted with homonymy, where the same word form has distinct but unrelated meanings, for example, bank (financial institution vs. Collectively, these examples suggest that it may be helpful to view e ciencies in language as a re ection of e ciencies in reasoning processes. Such e ciencies ... need not be new, but they must be newly notable. Most winners are examples ofpolysemy, literally "many senses." Polysemy is the workhorse of the English. Sep 22, 2020 ... After all, 'book' is not only prominent in central examples of copredication, it is itself a central example of (regular) polysemy; if L&M's ... Homonymy and polysemy often give rise to ambiguity, and context is highly relevant to disambiguate the meaning of utterances. Consider the following example in ... For example, the seven senses of cold presented above are associated with as many distinct concepts in the UMLS Metathesaurus. In most cases of homonymy and ... Dec 9, 2013 ... ... (polysemy).* A classic example of lexical ambiguity involves the word(s) bank. 1. I went to the bank. Sentence 1 is ambiguous because the ... Jun 15, 2014 ... There are distinct usages of the word – either as a body part or as a scale unit (1 foot = 30.48 centimetres). Even though it appears that these ... Apr 1, 2018 ... As shown in the example above, jokes that employ polysemy may not have a recognizable semantic connection between pun counterparts. Some may ...