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POLYSEMY AND DISSEMINATION’
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one makes «comparison between hemnenetics nd sonst, the
frst hing that needs tobe feogaized i be get numer of seresnet
Ine is ny both as anine with ea) poco xx
‘har deelops polis wit tex all designe of x ae cote
‘eine, hsorcl and iit; str and aes ae bi abet Ia the
‘ex he text develops is ova history reagh tr imereaons an 0.00, Bt
‘sul the relatos berween erences and dcoaseoton pied san
‘oppoiionbncen ny an teen hemes ie Cnc nd
[Ricour a soppestdto be ving friniy neni lth, wows
Derr and ter so-called “deconstacivit' daw ateton to ifeeace,
tenes, iterupons and apis that eamnt be ented within the
Iermeneic cele: There reser! sae to dacs he aes snd
ditereacs tween Remenetes ant deemstnction’ Deda fas often
Sssrbed this dinion as one tween paysemy and disemiaton
sem beng te effort to maintain the any nearing fone word win
‘heextenveamevork of the hermenet cil nd th been zo,
‘hile dissemination ithe face that inevitably Break trough hie cise
Tolyemy an dsemintin we ths reseed two diferent rte o
eal wit he ratty of meanings in nga,
“This arc discusses he aon between polyeny thd dseninaton by
{focusing onthe way Pal Rl and neque Dera sly thes fe
Soe in Derita's coments on plycyatd stemiation he notion of
rion ply a ingest role, is once wl fe cae wl Tw
‘uestins are at stake ee: wat do Riwar and Denis mean by these ea
Plsemy. iseminnton and hoon? Ad ae ter approaches realy
Income? Fst. Risear's views on plysomy andthe Rermeneateal
evan wl te outined (66 1 22), then Deri alemav ppc wil
esteched (3) ander acuso by taking closer loka few af
agunents(§ Fills conelesione lb awa ih rept ton
between palseny and dsteminaton, ae well 10 Reonemeie, aed
‘econsraion (3)
‘Paul Ric replry woe term obey, nin to fro he ange
ot meanings hata peas erm nde cso tly can ave. Only
‘ey does he sess olsen isle Thermos dtl als otis notion
abe fund in "The Problem of Dosble Meaning Hennenctc Problem and
Sct tn eR ptr si
SS et eee
See oes
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SORES pe oe fae ca
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‘Sesame ering ne Sy a
Se rinca eames iam aan as
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ite te tome pe ge
Tas deem vy om Ses ui
rn of papa care pt cs
ett errs
Seeman erakinneencne
IS so er pict thy ite
rset
2 SEE conv te mentee
3 Sheena e se—a—aa'?
Poyeemy socorig Ulnany,.in ymchonie ems] eas ht
‘oe word can have ethan ne stat Te Contents of speach Seeing
hich meaning tate in singular language iu herp be ferences
inmeaning hemor inpotane ese contexts become ia deine meaning:
‘nthe wore of linn, hey “canine meaning"? Bat context it the
tly face. An inpotin Charatriic of polaeny te tat te several
Imeanings ofthe sae word do wo nly have ifventeeences, ut a>
Intend ech ote Te cifrent efereces re thus sl inked a ech ete,
fp inthe diferent meanings of “endo operation’ fat thi ah
‘nortan eileen haween olsen and horanyny. nan, Ulta
‘deine that te ais btwcen hese res ages overeat ad
Serene: vee Mid pecan cane node oe Al se eas oper
Show the imporocs oa daha ppreach, Wit which the syne
‘tenomenon of pion cana te enraon® Forth scone of is ele,
Isuees cortue his ptt Ua in Ulan ingusies, te contexs
‘of langage we hve «double fain wth er pose: on he one
‘an hy eaalze and init te pain of meaning pole oa he
‘te band,hy ae an mporant source of alse, because he actual seo
Tenguge can rogues 2ew mean.Most of what Rica wees on polyemy is inline wth Utmann’s
gic, although he prefers o wor wth linguist tne
‘eoinoor fd Sansa and Ikon Like Uliana emacs nace
Yesweenasnchronic lange) and dlchons [parle appoch of eee
‘meaning Polyemy is defined by Ricour
beds both perspectives ach thei vew on fe mip mcsigs se
‘les eve "forthe changes ia meaning ve hewsprceat reece
{a the phenomenon of poysemy.."! Every sty Of hemes ot
‘aegnae perfor i tat, ccotngo Rissa tacos tine eas
omparatereains come othe for ino Sessa incon bose
the language syst. end spoken language, and betneenssciine eee
‘ater a eet ed
Fimo ri lesen inn Ti
Taina tee Thee
derlying mn army wl
my tow osetia epee eee
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Sai ae
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Svc eens ee aes re Se
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Seman is oni the ‘uml itention of wos, wit esting
thom to jut coe seanng. “Operation, eg, inthe mening of medica
‘eatmen’ ao resto oer sons of “pension te military oot
"ele operation. Anoter lint i given byte conten of languages,
‘The ue of language in spech ad wring always takes pace ins specie
zen hereby closing one eating (rere teasings as we wl ce oF
‘be rangs of posite memings of «wor, Going bck tbe sae ae
‘ord, wen ay le’ go th ar ave ikl and
oftarinean nf he ema lian be ken spoon lng:
‘se with sve smaltnecu meanings on he lng con
“shed ppt ang ets pct in se ens i
eaten race teste
oy tac io sn rcp nd ec as
‘Azsio we sc beth he siting of mestings bythe etext does nt
cate take aay eter meanings Tey Kes long eoumd Ant sas
‘outa several meanings afore word rat work ine tae cnet
sme tine. Actual, Ricer hs taken hese the sp Gm polysey
Symbol
isl air eer rlt snp nieces ee
we tke oot he sae example again withthe sentence "e's go 0
the bar ahve a ink Tay mean = ar ntl aa xt of oS,
‘x maybe eve he nina nm etl oom, The ler meatng would be
Jie of cause, bl ira posible meming oe pasa
“When Riser wits of ‘ested 0 opus polysemy, oe ght
onder who repuass here an if tis aly neste 9 poakof cee
‘Thee a ose the wy th cote! els dh el eng
‘an arenes. Ant if we can Spek of les ber thse rena apy
‘tespusedin tec wit an eqtoca mening lz joes, tony, unos,
an 30 oo. This i acl the noratve and imaginative tae of eer
‘huss Interest anf tat he tes 10 undesan the woke aE
symbol,
1a ker appro his olism wth set igour, he exami
linguistic appr, raking use of sna ings, ut athe same tne
sslaning is ested place. Stace lnguies states the Ung
System sa closl sytem, wiboutloatng tis efereces tothe ali cutis
of langues. The Ingusic stuctses cannot be undo! a ely
onomous, hey arth sedimern of ul langage we Ligue soap
2sof ie yt res int atcha ie "he pic of
{be stays within the els ofthe laguii ives"? Winkel
nese, however, tect of poleny setm tobe boule Tn sens
‘decreased once the analysis as en opened op oe lee of speck
sig, He. lings ent end ain we ei eoes
mule meaning of inguage of which poyeeny ithe stinecne
‘Te question ass, however, what caees te Ines eon of
‘meaning, ifthe closed synchron semaol el a ins fedetectoy on
Active language uso fori renewal an development He amcatg
Imapinton of language we i ese or even plated bythe cone
ammenities een
{nthe language stem, bt alo inthe system cll Tis 'ogoreee
ism, when e wish eines proces of meaning expats fine
rignatesn hss.” Anoter explanation mise atte eo
‘eauations of polysemy ss not ta ng, ais sendy suggeead te
_ssumene of anbigiy an sols Pelyseny ince an eae aod ed
ssRearscemstothitk Noi polseny ithe ecimenationat is
sof ase, then themes expan of meaning mighe be nen
Sedimentation of the lick of tounde nhs ipovane Leone ae The
‘ives bemetetes an opening on diseninao,
Rica othe herent horton
‘swe have sec in The Problem of Double Mean, Rica makes a
GIS Ssineion between the Ievels of linguiics and hemmemesees
Hementucs sais te acta we of language end sts sepa
"engsge onthe velo etnee and tex, sd thereby bang cat ons
In other wort, within hemencues the mulpicty of mesning snot
‘ecossod nh eto lnpunge ban between lnpitgsendrean oans
sine has ven ngs an nsec
ermine the main caer of meaning, ter ton uy of ches ere
insane te ken ogethr "an ene‘osmnmy"ancnresigaig
whole" The molipiciy of mening with ts uy open op ook
‘eytled wid sera sms of ferent. In ot culo ees
‘we emi info nds teil ine yan
‘nity af demersal ea
in SO Shaolin ie nope meson mea
evel of ments wethafnd praxis pardon
‘of bonuestess snd eston onthe level of senate, asence,
secorig wo Rica, within the closed systam of language the poo of
‘meaning expansion is limite, ba find ie estion when th sia
‘peel vp inh spnsicaion oflangues in peechanlwiing hearse
‘he malpticiy of sigan irene a many dens, bene ee
‘oces a evelation of mean, wih the ey of eg hs wig
‘scooo” anda spying whol tat include anbiguty ad eave,
te suvoslnes of Being”. The we paradoncs isos he aint
‘meaning extension i cloiedsytan ad Gite f meaning nthe open
‘sven of emeoeuis, Inthe revious section ws sw hat ules oo
init can agen ina closed sytem: Now we wil sce at soe ee
‘ose how uy an egvoslas can go ont.
“hiscombiosbon of unbivaleas and uty ba ema cused by Risearin
ter was in ems of ion In several books Be fllons Harcceege
Gadane's wage ofthe metaphorical tations of "rao tal eee ok
ozo The orien sth which end ity and colerence tothe sooea
Inhichphenomenn aperto sas well aot ones win whch iene
‘dot expresso ceveop ter meanig Whea we meet ste, fa
ow stating point in lings ices! and ela sion fa soot
tefochnd ou expetations ofthe text. On theo at hx ns
ose sitions ofthe text eanaot mean enehing tesa ne
‘Ontheoter hind hs limits ery Deb ad ope: chege int sos
of ertton wich sa alogua erizns. Horns soaps ave ah
they ea never be excl ted nd lasted A hin can te compen
ith esl hat imi and hws an opeanes os ose ie ea
time. Morsover for Gamer a oczn i alwys a cobetene tne
‘ter sts agate whole which we already clon Is Walcot
‘Mathie, Gadameresaly emphases he Hegelian monet ctmig ea
rece, seit always wids a Heldecorien world of feds Sat
History
Ricau almost emiey apres with Gamer’ view onthe boas of
interven He on ads his own tows in tc appa oes rg
‘by seating of horizon of expat’ In Fenris ope
‘ermindony of the German historias Reinhard Keweleck wb ape
‘ace f expen’ (Eahrmgeraum, espace depeien) td ore of
"xpecsion’ (Erwarangthrion, horn aot)" "The cxpectaon it
‘hich ve sar an nerpeeaton the eration dt ois apes
20without completsy determining it, nig the possibilty fatal change
th expecttion. Harizns cng in th asin. These changes cat be
Een, bay ae al not completly witht Geton “Meza
‘nde fore combination oi eee und opens ut anf saan,
fits and fee inaglnaon According t9 Rim the tory of fason of
Irions finds the right balance between xed objec nd shale
derstanding as well between Hepsansboltism and» Nicechean
“tulcal plaralsn”» The fasion of hounae tite lead to Ding
‘neommunicao or abso kale.
‘Wet a ne ir in i at sg) heey et
Scr him gta oi fs one Sa
In short cr inerrant way in hrzosthat move with
thar provide coberetce to ur tndertaning, that cannot be sone ot
Tocizd, that ae open 1o Rew perspecves and tate sceptve for
‘agate. tows he abigie snd eindcteminacy ath hore
‘0 opeher with he canny thu hes or as tobe oity ad oiene?
{heals posi equvesines or moi of mening that cares Ye
‘destoed a appearing win acaeret ty? An ambit witans
nol caerence? Accoring Rica, is weal lead compe at
‘treating os sennation tat nods 9 avoided. Risers sts
Smile cure Serween two exteres For Rime dein, a he
Tardy ass, san exe oe shuld ey tend
“The ersion Between unity nd very Is vent hee in Ric's
otk Let me give te df examples In Temps tri he seas ofthe
‘arave unity of sie sea coherence tha canis togsihee incor
ements within whet eels ascot concordance A reader canbe
Sortie by an unexpected site nthe try, ut hi shane amet he oo
Sang in iether sil be ale allow he ery Res
‘avid hee bth asa nderanding in cos too Figs foal
‘of consistency Buthow cant ane betwee hse woe ated Te
necessarily uiy to be on in stress ity note ough a8
‘gute a, ow ea tide eloped?
“nics they tres ropa comtued and applied in tee eps
‘efigation The constellation of acoran concrete pace inthe
eglotent of eonignaon In oder question hs they oth nt Rice
‘lke menons an anova” that seo tllnge the en of ty sad
‘figuration ie, Jes Joyce's Umer Hoven eons bere possi
‘orequd the emplouent ofthis owe a digg
Iai fh, ome. fran n'y,
‘Sep ees ym ie wt he ae a ak mn
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‘enc an nt at ay a
Sener
Bux is on ecto Wes nt wp Risa om sing at
cert va coe eat mie sak One et
wht gon st oon si cee
igi tol wer gpa no esos tae
ty eta nan
‘eat cant mia Sotmén com a, en Rice
cs ng he on wee po ey hee os
sie i ean win araves Acsig cua
Se ony wy wits peo nity nds
fo Ros ry sett eer ye
rit Se on een ey iy ay
Sa Roar eas of pe of eons apn
Sheets to ng in ims on een pr
‘Sel eye i sean tac rnc a ‘Wins emo
Syriana ew
mn on emu a oes
Ths ny eto agents mde y ema
suite fn demain weapons We
‘rts mld ime fn is at ay ne
‘cutest The pj horton
ony ec oso ts i nef oso as
Sele Doniaivesavo wy tsetse
lochs in te apnea fay ser an sry os Gara
{ists conan ay ee cena oe
fv ssa ithe w pov he wien a,
‘er dss pans igus a eas
Sealife melo te pcs oe yo slat
Shen Tein pln cis nt ee see
Sine dae whoo ganas star ae
‘mc clartoginng one oss pti Rasen
inte gman nl aa ec a
aes me
nfs. Rewer rings tothe fore doale rble: nt enly do otal of he
seve pos of my fe ary have ee ein tha ies he core,
‘ne can ko fee Sever oy cs ctl need wo be ken oein determinable sity fone ie tr. But in is effort rovide answers
10 the problems Ne as ste bere, th guest tht was edo he co
‘oblem, fn no answer. The gusto of the ity of maraive ey ts
Fetopen andi undersood by Rice sofas an etic assignmeat
“Tears tena coer foe when Ris dings eral ivls
of nty within amare te evel races, fe pln nd unity of
‘oti ie He reas Alan Mange fornn easly sping ey
ie ina ography InSemdme commence emsie apn goes
{oeRiear whether several fe plans (care love fe fai ise) ean Be
ned in te employes of ene biography In general one ean ay tht
‘coring Rr the uty fee's persona enya tcl at
an never comply fle.
Tm conclusion, accorting 1 Ris, the polyemy of words anghage
‘stems I the stdmentston ofthe vant and change of meaning that
‘cabled in langge >and ht ids trae cence na ete
nd moving horizon. The aft of meaning expsion within lose language
‘sem ella te ite ty and coherence of meaning pedicle
‘Ensim Rico piosopy- Rice prefers to emp the “poste?
‘Se of dcorire and imagination tht wes heterogenous elements ide
fever changing boiz an hus esto wold We diverse aod Tos of
erat on poem) nt dsnerinaton
Deri ings tents olsen semaine tpn avery