Name : Sherly Tiara Dita

NPM : A1B020033

Class : 2 (A)

Study Program : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Course : Introduction to Linguistics

1. Definition and example of Polisemy

A polysemy is a word or phrase with multiple meanings. Adjective: polysemous or

polysemic. In contrast, a one-to-one match between a word and a meaning is called monosemy.

For example :

the word eye is used for several phrases or compound words such as links, links, and
livelihoods.

1. - Plese keep your head with helmet

- He is a wise head master in this school

2. - I will water your flowers tomorrow

- I need a glass of water every morning

3. - This house is made from wood

- we will go to wood next week to camping together

2. Definition and example of Homonymy

The word Homonymy (from the Greek—homos: same, onoma: name) is the relation

between words with identical forms but different meanings—that is, the condition of being
homonyms. A stock example is the word bank as it appears in "river bank" and "savings bank."

For example :

Address – Address

- I can give you the address of a good attorney.

- That letter was addressed to me.
Match – Match

- If you suspect a gas leak do not strike a match or use electricity.

- Her fingerprints match those found at the scene of the crime.

Mean – Mean

- What does this sentence mean?

- He needed to find a mean between frankness and rudeness.

Ring – Ring

- What a beautiful ring!

- The children sat on the floor in a ring.

Rock – Rock

- Komuro formed a rock band with some friends while in college.

- To build the tunnel, they had to cut through 500 feet of solid rock.

3. Definition and example of Homophony

When two or more different written forms have the same pronounce, they are described as
“homophony” A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same (to varying extent) as
another word but differs in meaning. A homophone may also differ in spelling. The two words
may be spelled the same, as in rose (flower) and rose (past tense of rise), or differently, as in
rain, reign, and rein.

For example :

-Weak — Week
-Sun — Son
-See — Sea
-Plane — Plain
-Meet — Meat

4. Definition and example of homography

A homograph is a word that shares the same written form as another word but has a
different meaning. When spoken, the meanings may be distinguished by different
pronunciations, in which case the words are also heteronyms. Homograph disambiguation is
critically important in speech synthesis, natural language processing and other fields.

For example :

 Address – Address
 Band – Band
 Bat – Bat
 Match – Match
 Mean – Mean
 Right – Right
 Ring – Ring