There exist many words whose meanings are opposites of themselves. You may ask, How can a word be an antonym of itself? Through polysemy an...
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Breaking words down in more than one way
There are some cases in which morphemes can be ambiguous. Take the following word: unionized The more familiar meaning is "formed into...
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Multiple Meanings: Homonymy vs Polysemy
In a previous post, polysemy (the multiple meanings of words) was discussed. How does this differ from homonyms , which are words that are...
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Translation Trouble: Polysemy
Do you sometimes wonder why certain materials are badly translated? This is due to polysemy : the many meanings that a single word can tak...
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