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November 21, 2024
Monosemy
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noun 1. The property of having only one meaning.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "I'll be presenting a paper on the difficulties of translating monosemy and polysemy in ancient texts at the conference."
Play Button "We're taking a monosemy approach for the first round of research."
Play Button "The artificial language is built on a monosemy structure."
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Why This Word?
Unless you're a linguist or a computer scientist, the chances of you using the word "monosemy" in conversation are slim, but it's still an interesting concept to understand. In linguistics, monosemy is when a word or a part of a word has only one meaning. In modern English, we use metaphor, slang, and jargon, so the chances of a word today truly having only one meaning are very slim. ...
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