Re: IPA Question! (homonyms and polysemous )

Posted by Tim Luo on 2007/6/7 22:04:21

Lily is right. One way to know if they words are homonyms or just polysemous is too see how dictionaries treat them. If the meanings are grouped under the same heading, they are polysemous. If they are treated under separate headings, they are only homonyms or homographs. Of course you also need to take parts of speech into consideration first.

Tim