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*A male human being (vs. female) | *A male human being (vs. female) | ||
*An adult male human being (vs. boy) | *An adult male human being (vs. boy) | ||
See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary: Polysemy| Polysemy]] for more information. | |||
[[NMTS-Group1#Our_exercises| Try it again, please!]] | [[NMTS-Group1#Our_exercises| Try it again, please!]] | ||
Revision as of 14:34, 4 February 2013
Sorry, but your answer is not entirely correct.
Polysemous means that a sound sequence has two or more different, but semantically related meanings
e.g.
Man
- A human being (vs. animal)
- A male human being (vs. female)
- An adult male human being (vs. boy)
See the Glossary entry on Polysemy for more information. Try it again, please!