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A Metaphoric Analysis of Polysemy and Its Teaching

Zhang Zhi-hu

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Metaphor is one of the major causes of polysemy's coming into being.The semantic terms of a polysemous word are closely related.Context and word meanings' tree-like extension play essential roles in the teaching and learning of polysemy.

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Metaphor is one of the major causes of polysemy's coming into being.The semantic terms of a polysemous word are closely related.Context and word meanings' tree-like extension play essential roles in the teaching and learning of polysemy.

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Metaphor is one of the major causes of polysemy's coming into being.The semantic terms of a polysemous word are closely related.Context and word meanings' tree-like extension play essential roles in the teaching and learning of polysemy.

Key concepts: Polysemy, Metaphor, Context (archaeology), Linguistics, Extension (predicate logic), Word (group theory), Metonymy, Computer science

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