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What is polysemy?
A phenomenon where a single word has two or more related meanings
How many types of homonymy? What are they?
Homophones, Homographs, and perfect homonyms
..............occurs when a single word has more than one meaning, which makes a sentence open to different interpretations.
Lexical ambiguity
.........................occurs when the structure of a sentence allows more than one interpretation, even though the words are the same.
Grammatical Ambiguity
What is homonymy?
A situation where different words happen accidentally to have same forms
Find one example of polysemy
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Find one example of homonymy
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Is this polysemy or homonymy? Bridge (a structure crossing a river) and Bridge (a connection between two things)
Polysemy. Both come from Old English "brycg", meaning “a structure that connects
Polysemy or homonymy? Match (contest between two sides) and Match (stick for making fire)
Homonymy. Completely unrelated
Polysemy or homonymy? Bow (a decorative knot) and Bow (a weapon for shooting arrows)
Homonymy. Completely unrelated
