It is intended to supplement the discussion on pages 130-132 of the textbook not replace it.

Example of homonymy in semantics. A bear the animal can bear tolerate very cold temperatures. I always get his answer on time. In the first case the related meanings of polysemous words have drifted so far apart that the relationship between them is lost.

The di erence between the meanings can be obvious or subtle. In these examples the identity covers both the spoken and written forms but it is possible to have partial homonymy or heteronymy where the identity is within a single medium as in homophony. Example of polysemy or homonymy Example.

Holonymy is the opposite PART-WHOLE relation. Male female alive dead Incomparable present absent objects awake asleep Thus if one is not male then one is certainly female. Homonyms or multiple meaning words are words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings.

For example the polysemous word drink which may mean to imbibe liquid and. Homonymy and Polysemy This handout contains a brief explanation of homonymy and polysemy. The driver turned left opposite.

Meronymic relationships form hierarchical classifications like hyponymic relationships but these are less clear-cut than taxonomies. An example of homophonic words are pair and pear. Big large widebroad looksee longlengthy etc.

A sentence cannot be ambiguous The chicken is ready to eat represents 2 different sAmbiguous words or phrases- if they have 2 or more synonyms which are not themselves synonyms of each other. To imbibe alcoholic beverage. Homonyms are illustrated from the various meanings of the word bear animal carry or ear of body of corn.