polysemy


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Synonyms for polysemy

the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings

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How does Lieber (2016) view the polysemy of -er with respect to the agent and instrument meanings?
If cultural studies would do more audience research, and social science would pay more attention to the polysemy of texts, we might get "a convergent and consilient contribution from both traditions" (p.
The benefits of the weakly supervised E2LSH for overcoming the problem of synonymy and polysemy of visual words are firstly illuminated by Fig.
Synopsis: "The Good of Recognition" analyzes the polysemy of recognition operative in the thought of two contemporary French thinkers, Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) and Paul Ricreur (1913-2005).
272, italics in original), he suggests that polysemy and multiple players can overcome it.
Kintsch's (2001) study describing the prediction algorithm, which makes the language used in a student essay more context dependent, shows that the prediction algorithm is improving the polysemy problem inherent in LSA.
1890) as a parallel means of negotiating contact and conflict by an artist who was witnessing first-hand encounters of startling newness, and resolving this in subtle pictures of dense polysemy.
Polysemy denotes the number of meanings a word may have (Graesser et al., 2011).
Metaprofit therefore means "going beyond profit," but in a felicitous polysemy it can also connote "what comes with profit." Metaprofit is thus a much richer concept than "nonprofit." It goes beyond all restrictions to the "third sector" because it refers to the purpose of business that must not be reduced to that of making profit.
Other topics include measuring the effects of advertising polysemy on branding, combining Agile development and offshoring in global software projects, international joint venture ownership structures, cultural dimensions of disruptive innovation, and a comparison of customer relationship management (CRM) products.
They don't have polysemy. Words don't signify: they are the referents.
But this polysemy is also one of the main shortcomings of the compendium, as in some cases utopia is used in such a broad way that it becomes almost impossible to discern what the criterion was behind the inclusion of a text--the most striking example is Ian Clayton's text on a weekday afternoon of his grandparents.
In chapter four the author offers his own analysis of the work of the rock group U2, arguing that it accomplishes the sort of ontological polysemy that Heidegger's late thought sought to bring about.