Original scientific paper

The demarcation of homonymy and polysemy (a lexicological and lexigraphic problem)

Branka Tafra

Abstract

In this work the theoretical divisions of opinion in the interpretation of lexical phenomena are explained. In particular, the discussion is about homonymy and polysemy amid with diachronic and synchronic positions. Both phenomena are defined and criteria for their demarcation are adduced. On the basis of the examples shown, it is concluded that exclusive semantic relations exist between homonyms (if A1 then not A2, if A2 then not A1) and that homonyms come in various semantic, syntactic and formational arrangements, by which they differ from polysemic words. Rules are given for the enumeration of dictionary entries.

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Hrčak ID:

184075

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/184075

Publication date:

15.12.1986.

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