Re: Polysemy
| From: | Sai Emrys <sai@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 12, 2007, 21:26 |
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A couplethree* questions for you all:
1. What are the most polysemous** words in English?
2. Where can I find a list of the average polysemy per word of the
most common (i.e. non technical/jargon) words across many languages?
3. What is the average polysemy in YOUR languages? Any comments on why
etc etc open question?
Thanks!
- Sai
* Silly word ain't it? But I've heard it used 'in the wild' (SF Bay
Area, CA) more than once.
** E.g.: spirit, bank, mole, fine - no pedantry on 'polysemy' vs
'homonym' vs whatever please. And I would prefer words that are
divergently polysemous, like 'spirit', rather than just meaning
multiple closely related things.
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