CATEGORIAL ACPECTS OF HOMONYMY AND POLYSEMY IN THE MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Keywords:
polysemy, homonymy, development of the semantic volume of the lexical unit, contexts, pun, homonymous terminology
Abstract
The paper investigates the key concepts in the theory of nomination - polysemy and homonymy: linguistic nature of these phenomena, ways of their origin and development, their role in the development of the modern language word stock. Special attention is paid to differentiation between polysemantic and homonymous units.
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Received
2022-11-03
Published 2023-04-28
Published 2023-04-28