Exercise General definition of ambiguity: Difference between revisions
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- a polysemous word | - a polysemous word | ||
|| Polysemous means that a sound sequence has two or more different, but '''semantically related''' meanings. <br/> | || Polysemous means that a sound sequence has two or more different, but '''semantically related''' meanings. <br/> | ||
|| e.g. | || e.g., the word '''man''' is polysemous: | ||
|| a human being (vs. animal), a male human being (vs. female), an adult male human being (vs. boy) | |||
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|| See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Polysemy|Polysemy]] for more information. <br/> | || See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Polysemy|Polysemy]] for more information. <br/> | ||
+ a homophone word | + a homophone word | ||
Revision as of 00:18, 15 November 2013
The following material is an adapted form of material created by student participants of the project e-Learning Resources for Semantics (e-LRS).
Involved participants: Nicki, Marc M, Leo, Anna Böcher, Lorena
General definition of ambiguity