Sofa and couch are process by which a word acquires new meanings is called polysemy Since polysemy is so difficult to separate from true homonymy Transcript of Polysemy and omonymy.

Example of homonymy and polysemy. Still its obvious that the same word is used to refer to. Homonymy- different senses of an ambiguous w. Two or more words become homonyms if they either sound the same homophones have the same spelling homographs or if they both homophones and homographs but do not have related meanings.

The word Newpaper in the following sentences. In French for example. Examples of Homonymy 1.

Traditionally polysemy is distinguished from homonymy. When a word has several meanings it is not always an example of polysemy or homonymy. He left the bank half an hour ago.

Voler on the other hand means. For example bass the fish is derived from Old English barse perch while bass the voice is derived from Italian basso. In these two phrases is an example of polysemy.

A clear case of polysemy 1. Closeness or relatedness of senses of ambiguous w. However although they are listed as different words in the dictionary they both derive from the Latin word.

Steal an example of a homonym. Like synonyms but synonyms are different words with one meaning. The word bark in sentence 2-a and the word Bark in sentence 2-b.