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After marriage, the man lost his bachelor and the woman got her master. 2. Homographs: n. 同形异义词 Same in spelling but different in pronunciation and meaning Lead Sow Tear lead /li:d/ v. guide or take, esp. by going in front, etc. lead /led/ v. easily melted metal of a dull bluish-grey colour sow/s?u/ v. put (seed) on or in the ground or in soil;plant (land with seed) sow /sau/ n. a fully grown female pig tear /ti? / n. drop of salty water coming from the eye tear / / v. pull sharply apart or to pieces 3. Homophones n. 同音异形异义字 : Words identical in sound but different in spelling and meaning are called homophones. air, heir; bear, bare; pair, pear; son, sun; compliment, complement; principal, principle; stationary, stationery, Polysemy The word Polysemy is of Greek origin (GK polys, much + sema, meaning). semantics 语义学 fair: (of attitude, behavior ) just and honest ( of results ) average, quite good ( of the weather ) clear and sunny ( of amount ) satisfactory, abundant ( of the skin, hair ) light in colour Sources of polysemy A. Shifts in application Words contexts * Lecture 8 Semantic Antonymy: oppositeness of meaning between lexemes. 1. gradable opposites 可分级的反义词 ( contraries) a. They will show different degrees of a given quality. rich： He is rich. He is richer than John. John is richer than Mike. He is the richest. poor： poor rich 0 25 50 75 100... b. They can be qualified by adverbials of degree. rich： He is very rich. poor： Mike is very poor. C. Their meanings are relative to each other. One meaning is determined in reference to the meaning of the ot