Polysemy is the association
of one word with two or more distinct meanings. A polysemeis a word or phrase with multiple meanings. According
to some estimates, more than 40% of English words have more than one meaning.
The example of polysemy :
The king of dangdut Rhoma Irama was doing a concert
in Surabaya.
Said senior meaningful king of all the
singers
The king of the jungle
hunting down his prey in the forest
the king said the ruling means the
forest
The king of Majapahit
kingdom is holding a contest
said the king meaningful ruler / leader
of the region
Apple is by the typical poor town
said meaningful fruit fruits
Ayana has a baby named
Nabila
said meaningful pieces of children
Nadzar bring souvenirs
from Madura city
said fruit meaningful souvenirs
Chief Eagle headache thinking about a math
assignment
said head body member means
My father became head
of the household discipline
said the head of the family leader
meaningful
The head of the BCA
bank branch located in the area Rungkut
said the head of the branch office or
supervising meaningful center.
El Ghifari is the captain of the football club AC
Milan
said meaningfully ball sports equipment
Because the brawl,
eyeball a student injured
said ball meaningful limb
Indivision is the
parabola in Indonesia
said ball meaningful television antenna
Adi Bing Slamet Fertile Grandmother dragged to court
said table means the court.
He bought a desk for my
brother
said table meaningful household
furnishings.
Conlusion
Polisemi adalah
bentuk bahasa (kata atau frase) yang memiliki makna lebih dari satu. Polisemi
terjadi akibat pergeseran makna, sehingga mempunyai hubungan antara semua makna
kata itu.
Polisemi
berasal dari yunani yang bermakna “many sign” atau banyak tanda.
Examples and Observations
"The word good has many meanings.
For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred
yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man."
(G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, 1909)
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