Examples of 'polysemy' in a sentence

Meaning of "polysemy"

Polysemy is the linguistic phenomenon where a single word or phrase has multiple meanings or interpretations
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  • The property of a word, sign or symbol that can represent multiple meanings, including multiple similar ones.

How to use "polysemy" in a sentence

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Polymorphism and polysemy of the gated communities.
One meaning is described by the term polysemy.
The title was a polysemy like the lyrics.
The sentence can be partially interpreted through polysemy.
An unruly polysemy rather than a concept.
Semantic overload is related to the linguistic concept of polysemy.
This is just the polysemy of words.
Find relations between terms synonymy and polysemy.
The mathematical phenomenon of polysemy has been observed to be a strange loop.
The sentence can be given an interpretation through polysemy.
I am particularly interested in the polysemy of the verb prendre.
A polysemy such that it is not possible to determine its meaning.
This goes hand in hand with polysemy.
This polysemy is now the center of her performance researches.
This analysis leads us to the phenomena of homonymy and polysemy.

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Polysemy of juridical terms.
These phenomena are traditionally associated with the notion of polysemy.
This polysemy is structured.
It has a whole chapter on polysemy.
The polysemy of help.
This phenomenon is a result of polysemy.
Even polysemy is understood.
Not polygamy but polysemy.
Polysemy is the phenomenon where the same word has multiple meanings.
Having language as a category of analysis means considering polysemy and intonation.
The polysemy depends on the fact of the signs be used in different contexts.
The progress of discussions related to the term has given it a polysemy of meanings.
Polysemy refers to the fact that a word can have multiple meanings.
Scientific language thrives on being univocal and not on the polysemy of social discourse.
The conceptual and methodological polysemy of this topic is large and demands more research.
That means that in a text that allows multiple interpretations there are indicators of polysemy.
The distinction between homonymy and polysemy is not an easy one to make.
Polysemy is a major obstacle for all computer systems that attempt to deal with human language.
We have evaluated the levels of productivity and polysemy of each segment identified as a suffix.
Polysemy and Linearity.
These analyses may be associated with the polysemy and coverage of the concept of completeness.
Polysemy and Synonymy.
Avoiding misunderstanding due to such polysemy is part of why tumor nomenclature changes over decades.
Otherwise, the dispute probably centres on polysemy.
The problem of polysemy in the English language.
Diversity and Polysemy.
Here, polysemy has led to a computer error.
Why refuse to push polysemy as far as asemy?
The polysemy and the connotations of the vocabulary?
In our opinion, this visual polysemy is a guarantee of sustainability.
Polysemy and synonymy, playing on the multiple meanings of words.
The last goal is theoretical, we will discuss the concept of regular polysemy.
All the same, polysemy is always lying in wait.
The very title of the work presents a problem, owing to its polysemy.
We can not speak here of the polysemy of the word, but of opposed prescriptions.

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