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Homonymy and Polysemy
Homonymy -Same spelling or pronunciation, but completely different meanings
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Homonymy and Polysemy
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Homonymy
-Same spelling or pronunciation, but
completely different
meanings
False
True
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What is an example of
Homonymy
?
Foot – Of a person vs. The base of a mountain
Date – A fruit vs. A calendar day vs. A romantic meeting
Run – To move quickly vs. To manage a business
Mouth – Of a person vs. The opening of a river
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What is an example of a
Polysemy
?
Date – A fruit vs. A calendar day vs. A romantic meeting
Run – To move quickly vs. To manage a business
Bat – A flying mammal vs. A piece of sports equipment
Lie – To recline vs. To tell a falsehood
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head
– of a person vs.
head
– of an organization is a
Polysemy
False
True
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Polysemy
-Same word with
related
meanings
False
True
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Define Polysemy
Same word with related meanings
Same word with different meanings
Same word with related pronunciation
Different word with related meanings
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bat
– an animal vs.
bat
– sports equipment is an example of
Polysemy
True
False
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Define Homonymy
Different spelling but similar meanings
Same spelling or pronunciation, but completely different meanings
Same spelling or pronunciation. and have similar meaning
Same meanings but different spelling or pronunciation,
