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[[NMTS-Group1#Our_exercises| Try it again, please!]]
 
Polysemous means that a sound sequence has two or more different, but '''semantically related''' meanings. <br/>
 
e.g. <br/>
'''Man'''
*A human being (vs. animal)
*A male human being (vs. female)
*An adult male human being (vs. boy)
 
See the Glossary entry on [[Glossary:Polysemy|Polysemy]] for more information. <br/>
 
[[NMTS-Group1#Exercise I| Try it again, please!]]

Latest revision as of 16:50, 14 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!