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Polysemy and Homonymy
Polysemy and Homonymy
1)source of polysemy
3)Homonyms
All the denotational meanings of a polysemantic word and the relation between
them,as well as the connotational meanings of the style and emotive charge make
up the semantic structure of a word.The semantic structure of a polysemantic
word may be defined as a structured set of interrelated meanings.