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ABriefViewonPolysemyandHomonymy

李欣(四川师范大学外国语学院四川成都)

AbstractPolysemyandhomonymy,asimportantconceptsinlexicalsemantics,exploretherelationbetweendifferentsenses.

Theyareemployedtoachievehumor,ironyanddramaticp八年级下册语文书目录 ower.

KeywordsPolysemy;Homonymy;Distinction;Stylisticvalue

1Introduction

Thestudyofpolysemyandhomonymyhasalonghistoryonthe

philosophyoflanguage,linguistics,psychology,

complexrelationbetweenmeaningsandwordswerefirstnotedbySto

servedthatonewordcouldcarrydifferentmeanings.

Throughthesubsequentresearchintotheissueofpolysemyandhom

onymy,itisfoundthatthereexistsanextensivegreyareabetween

istinguishthetwoisanimportantissuelyinginfront

erherewillanalyzethisproblemfromfour

angles.

Polysemyandhomonymyarerarelyaprobleminlanguageuse

esometimesused

asasourceofpunstoa宋词词牌大全及其格律 chievestylisticvaluesuchashumorandirony

andtoheighteneddramaticpower,whichembodytherichnessand

coincidenceoflanguage.

2ABriefElucidationofPolysemyandHomonymy

DefinitionofPolysemyandHonomymy

Thecoexistenceofseveralmeaningsinawordiscalledpolyse

dpolysemycomesfromNeo-Latinpolysemia(poly-

many,sema-sign),thatis,havingorcharacterizedbymanymean

myseemstobemotivatedby

metaphoricthought,thatis,therelationbetweentwopolysemesseem

tobetheresultofacertainunderlyingmetaphorforshape,size,po

sition,outwardappearance,thelexical

entryforheadinEnglishisusedtoillustratethis:!partofthebody

ofanything(literallyormetaphori

cally)thatresemblestheheadinshape#thepersonwhoisthechief

y,(2)ismotivatedbyshapeand(3)byfunction.

Homonymyisusuallyviewedtoholdbetweenword-forms

ithatleasttwoen

tirelydistinctmeaningsyetsharingalexicalformissaidtobehomon

hemostcommonlycitedexamplesofhomonymous

wordsisbank,whichhasafinancialinstitutionsenseandanedgeof

Ty,f

yfy

yzyy,

irsttype,lexemeswillbeabso

lutelyhomonymousiftheyareformallyidenticalinboththephonic

andgraphicmediumsuchastheverblie(tobeinortakeaflat常欢愉 皆胜意 且顺遂什么意思 posi

tion)andlie(makeafalsestatementwithintentionofdeceivingto

saysomethinguntrue).ones

arepartialonesbysharingphonologicallyfeatures,suchasflourand

rdtypeishomographswhichexplorethemeaningof

differentwordsthatlookalike,(guideordirecttogoina

certaindirection)andlead(asoft,heavy,bluish-greymetal)are

homographs.

DistinctionBetweenPolysemyandHomonymy

Infact,dscan

bepolysemouswhentheirsensesaresomehowrelated,aslongasthey

arenotequa,lwhilehomonymyisusuallyviewedtoholdbetween

hatwe

haveawrittenformwithdifferentmeanings,arewetosayitisone

wordwithdifferentmeanings(polysemy)ortwodifferentwordswith

thesameshape(homonymy)?Whatarethecriteriathatenableusto

distinguishbetweenpolysemyandhomonymy?Therearesomepossi

y,dictionaryusuallyba

knownthatidenticalforms

haveoneorigin,eveniftheyhavedifferentmeanings,theyaretrea

know

thattheyhavedifferentorigins,theyaretreatedashomonymousand

,onthegroundofasharedetymological

knowledge,table(furniture)andtable(arrangementofdata)are

polysemic,whilepupil(student)andpupil(theroundopeningin

themiddleofeye)ly,itisreasonableto

suggestthatwherethedifferencesareregularandtosomedegreepre

dictable,hemost

familiarkindsofregularrelationshipbetweenmeaningsisthatofmet

aphorwhereawordappearstohavebothaliteralmeaningandtrans

xampleisthewordsforpartofbody,such

ffffT,f

yy

fTy,ffyf

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nsesseemclearlunrelatedandtheactthat

theareassociatedwiththesamewordormseemspurelaccidenta.l

Homonmscanbecategoriedintothreetpes:totalhomonms

ismore

likeltoberegardedasapolsemicwordwithliteralmeaningand

notherdierentwaoattemptingto

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establishpolysemyratherthanhomonymyistolookforacentral

thecentralmeaningareradiationsofothermean

coreofmeaningisapieceoffurniture,andthenappearsotherones

extendingfromit,

ly,itistemptedtosaythatwheretheantonymisthesamewehave

polysemy,

ample,thesamewordblackcanrefertoakindofheavycolorandal

onymwhitecorrespondinglyhastwo

meanings:alightkindofcolor;

hewordlightsisconcerned,

theyhavedifferentautonyms:light-heavy,are

usuallyseenashomonyms.

3TheStylisticValueofPolysemyandHomonymy

Althoughpolysemyandhomonymycarrydifferentmeanings,

sonistheadoption

ofcontext,whichplaysaveryimportantroleinthehearers\'interpre

operambiguitiesareintentionallyarousedby

employingpolysemyandhomonymywiththepurposeofstylisticval

ue.

AchievingHumor

Polysemyandhomonymycanbeusedaspuntoindicatetheem

ployers\'xampleisthefollowingpas

sagefromLewisCarrols\'Alices\'AdventureinWonderland.

\"Howisbreadmade?\"

\"Iknowthat!\"Alicecriedeagerly,\"Youtakesomeflour%\"

\"Wheredoyoupickflowers?\'theWhiteQueenasked,

\"Inthegardenorinthehedge?\"

\"Well,itisn\'tpickedatall,\"Aliceexplained,\"itisground.\"

\"Howmanyacresofground?\"saidtheWhiteQueen.

Thispassagemakesuseofhomonymouswords:flourandflower,

especifieddifferentlybyAlice

ethereisnoconnectionbetweenthe

questionsandtheanswers,theaudiencemayfeelfunnywhenreading

theirdialogue.

AchievingIrony

Polysemicwordsandhomonymouswordsarenotonlygoodcan

didatesforhumor;theycanalsoproduceothereffectssuchasirony.

Forexample:

WhereisWashington?

Heisdead.

ImeanthecapitaloftheUnitedStates.

TheyloadeditalltoEurope.

Nowdoyoupromisetosupporttheconstitution?

Me?HowcanI?I\'vegotawifeandthreechildrentosupport.

T

eskill

fullyusedonthree石头城刘翰原文翻译 words:Washington,

properemploymentofpolysemyimplicitlysatirizesthepoliticsinthe

US.

HeightenDramaticPower

Dramaticpowercanbeheightenedthroughtheingenioususeof

puns,andthisisanotherstylisticvalueofpolysemy鲜花图片大全 andhomonymy.

Hereisarightillustration.

Wemustallhangtogether,orweshallallhangseparately.

ThisisamaximgivenbyBenjaminFranklin,whoarguedpeople

masteryofwordsenhancestheeffectofpoliticaldisseminationandthe

powerofappea.l

Moresunandairforyousonandheir.

ng

useoftwosetsofhomophones(sun/sonandair/heir),thelidocon

vincesthatthereisadequatesunshineandfreshairwhicharebenefi

lievedthatthisisaunique

messageforthetouristswhoareinclinedtobeattractedbyitsclever

nessandskillfulness.

4Conclusion

Polysemyandhomonymy,asimportantconceptsinlexicalse

mantics,tinc

tionbetweenpolysemyandhomonymyisimportantbecauseitsepa

pragmaticfunctionsare

noticeable,fortheyarestylisticallyu诚信者 sefultoachievesuchcontextual

effectsashumor,irony,he

ingeniousemploymentofpolysemyandhomonymy,peopleareim

pressedwiththeirsemanticpowerandtherichnessoflanguage.

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