Re: Polysemy
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 17, 2003, 4:44 |
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At 16:26 16.11.2003, Ray Brown wrote:
> Would it be tolerable if, say, we
>had BrScB* _dm_ = 'lord, master' and _dm_ = 'house',
>disambiguated by "cements" so that, e.g.
>dm't /'tEmEti/ = your master
>dm-t /'tOmOtu/ = your house
>
>*This does _not_ mean that _dm_ will actually have either
>of these meanings, not that _t_ will mean 'you, your' in the
>final version of the language.
>
>Is this modest degree of polysemy tolerable?
The problem is that most people would begin
to think of the cement as part of the root.
/BP 8^)
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