Meaning of palabra polisémica

Manuel Penichet P

palabra polisémica

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The prefix Greek quot; poli quot; written at the beginning of some words means numerous, very much. Lexemic or semica is refers to the sema, that is the unit or trait minimum of meaning that difference to a word of another. Example: animal, feline and four-legged are semas which constitute the meaning of cat. Therefore polysemic or polysemic is an adjective relative to the polysemy, property of a word that has several or many meanings.

  

Felipe Lorenzo del Río

A polysemic Word has many meanings, from the Greek polys polle poly ( lot ) and sema sématos ( signal, brand, mark, notice, image, meaning ) because it designates diverse realities that we know by the expressive context or alludes to different actions, qualities or relations; for example, the word peak may designate the top of a mountain, a tool for digging Earth, an organ of birds, the mouth of the people, a son of Saturn, amount that exceeds a round number, dose that is injected a drug addict or the action of the verb chop

  

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