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5.1PolysemyPolysemymeansthatonesinglewordhastwoormoresensesatthesametime.ThebulkofEnglishwordsarepolysemantic;one–meaningwordsarerareandaremainlyscientifictermssuchashydrogen,molecule,andsoon.
PolysemyPolysemyisacommonfeaturepeculiartoallnaturallanguages.ThisisparticularlytrueofhighlydevelopedlanguageslikeEnglish.InmodernEnglish,anoverwhelmingmajorityofwordsarepolysemous.Therearewordsthathavetwoorthreesenses,andthemostcommonlyusedonescanhaveasmanyasoverahundred.
PolysemyHowever,whenawordisfirstco
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