In this set of materials, in the reading passage the polysemic words are introduced and illustrated more by some examples and in the listening passage a special groups of polysemies are discussed.
According to the states in the reading, the words which carriy different meanings as used in different sentences are called polysemy. Two examples of these words are provided in the reading to make them more sensible. The first word would be sound which holds a large number of various meanings as nouns, adjectives, and verbs when accompanied by different words. And the second word mentioned is set which also could have different meanings when it is used as a noun or verb.
In the listening it is declared that there would be some specific group of polysemic words which not only would have distinct meanings when used in various ways but also create opposite meanings. The professor mentions some words of this group such as bolt, fast and sanction. The word bolt could have two contradictory meanings: fastened or not moving like in the sentence “He bolt the door” and moving very quickly like in the sentence “He decided to bolt”. In addition the word sanction have two completely opposite meanings of to permit when we say sanction something and do not permit when it is said put sanction on something.
In this set of materials, in the reading passage the
polysemic
words
are introduced
and illustrated more by
some
examples and in the listening passage a special groups of
polysemies
are discussed
.
According to the states in the reading, the words which
carriy
different
meanings
as
used
in
different
sentences
are called
polysemy
. Two examples of these words
are provided
in the reading to
make
them more sensible. The
first
word
would be sound which holds
a large number of
various
meanings
as nouns, adjectives, and verbs when accompanied by
different
words. And the second
word
mentioned
is set
which
also
could have
different
meanings
when it is
used
as a noun or verb.
In the listening it
is declared
that there would be
some
specific group of
polysemic
words which not
only
would have distinct
meanings
when
used
in various ways
but
also
create opposite
meanings
. The professor mentions
some
words of this group such as
bolt
,
fast
and
sanction
. The
word
bolt
could have two contradictory
meanings
: fastened or not moving like in the sentence “He
bolt
the door” and moving
very
quickly
like in the sentence “He decided to
bolt”
. In
addition
the
word
sanction
have two completely opposite
meanings
of to permit when we say
sanction
something and do not permit when it
is said
put
sanction
on something.