What role does polysemy play in language acquisition?

The document discusses homonyms and polysemy. It provides examples of words and asks the reader to identify whether each use of the word is a case of ... Apr 16, 2008 ... ... polysemy: → I wish you were nicer to your brother. (past subjunctive) → You were lucky he didn't hit you. (past indicative). Different ... Dec 10, 2021 ... ... polysemy) and those that were met by interpretive divergence (high polysemy). ... For example, attributes like “hutzpa” (audacity) are polysemic ... Mar 11, 2024 ... To achieve this goal, we have created semantic maps that describe the polysemy patterns in a synchronic typological sample. Our semantic maps ... The sentences in (3) are examples of logical polysemy, in which the com- mon noun “book” shows its different aspects: in (3a), “the book” denotes some. Jun 23, 2023 ... Bunkachō [Agency for Cultural Affairs] (2014) Ijidōkun no Kanji no Tsukaiwakerei (Hōkoku) [examples of Kanji usage for common Ijidōkun (a report)] ... He defines polysemy as multiplicity of meaning; a case in which one word has different meanings. The following examples taken from the Holy Quraan can ... Polysemy. Polysemy happens when a word has more than one meaning and ... Here are some examples of polysemous words: Example. Mouth (noun) → mouth of ... ... polysemy has developed in the course of German language history. The ... examples such as winkila ̄ri– to be the result of a separate word-formation ... Mar 25, 2012 ... Polysemy refers to words or phrases with different, but related meanings. · He drank a glass of milk./He forgot to milk the cow. · More examples ...