The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 13.0912 Tuesday, 2 April 2002
[1] From: Martin Steward <
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Date: Monday, 1 Apr 2002 17:45:08 +0100
Subj: Re: SHK 13.0907 Grammar
[2] From: Nora Kreimer <
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Date: Monday, 1 Apr 2002 21:54:14 -0300
Subj: Re: SHK 13.0907 Grammar
[3] From: Clifford Stetner <
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Date: Monday, 1 Apr 2002 22:13:46 -0500
Subj: Re: SHK 13.0907 Grammar
[4] From: Eva Dikow <
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Date: Tuesday, 2 Apr 2002 08:14:44 +0200
Subj: AW: SHK 13.0907 Grammar
[5] From: Steve Roth <
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Date: Tuesday, 2 Apr 2002 06:42:06 -0800
Subj: Re: SHK 13.0907 Grammar
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From: Martin Steward <
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Date: Monday, 1 Apr 2002 17:45:08 +0100
Subject: 13.0907 Grammar
Comment: Re: SHK 13.0907 Grammar
Q: "Is there a word which describes a word that has several meanings?"
A: useful.
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Seriously, doesn't "homonym" do the job?
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From: Nora Kreimer <
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Date: Monday, 1 Apr 2002 21:54:14 -0300
Subject: 13.0907 Grammar
Comment: Re: SHK 13.0907 Grammar
One of my friends, a linguist, suggested simply "polysemy". Will that be
what you required? No pun intended.
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From: Clifford Stetner <
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Date: Monday, 1 Apr 2002 22:13:46 -0500
Subject: 13.0907 Grammar
Comment: Re: SHK 13.0907 Grammar
Homonym or homograph. No Czechs; cache only please.
Clifford
> Is there a word which describes a word that has several meanings?
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> Steve
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From: Eva Dikow <
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Date: Tuesday, 2 Apr 2002 08:14:44 +0200
Subject: 13.0907 Grammar
Comment: AW: SHK 13.0907 Grammar
Dear Steve,
Depending on the word discussed (or maybe sometimes on your personal
attitude towards different linguistic phenomena and/or lexicographical
procedures...) you would either speak of POLYSEMY (from Greek, "having
many meanings") or HOMONYMY (from Greek "having the same name").
Cheers,
Eva
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From: Steve Roth <
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Date: Tuesday, 2 Apr 2002 06:42:06 -0800
Subject: 13.0907 Grammar
Comment: Re: SHK 13.0907 Grammar
>From: Steve Sohmer <
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Sorry to digress (I don't have an answer to Steve's question), but
given the subject line here, I have to ask: should "that" and "which" be
swapped in this question?
My general rule is "use 'that' unless it sounds wrong; then use
'which'." But this one sounds right either way. ??
(I studiously refused to learn sentence diagramming in school, so please
excuse my ignorance.)
Thanks,
Steve
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