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In this set of materials the reading passage provides us with general information about polysemic feature of English, while the listening passage is focused on a particular group of polysemic words in English.
According to the reading passage English is a polysemic language, because it is common for English words to have many meanings. The term “polysemy” consists of two words ‘poly’ that means many and ‘sem’- meaning. For example, the word ‘sound’ means a noise, a body of water, a state of health etc. In a word, it has 19 meanings as a noun, 12 meanings as adjective, 12 meanings as a verb and so on. The same characteristic exists in the word “set”; it has 57 meanings as a noun and 120 meanings as a verb.
In the listening passage the professor speaks about a special group of polysemic words, which poses not different meanings, but opposite ones. This group includes bolt, fast, sanction and so on. For instance, the word “bolt” means “to lock”, “not to move”, while at the same time it may be interpreted as “moving very quickly”. Or the word “fast” also can be interpreted as “staying still” and “moving quickly”. As to the word “sanction”, the verb “sanction” means “to permit”, while the phrase “to put a sanction”- “not permit”.
In short, the listening passage supplements information given in the reading passage by presenting additional details about the condition called “polysemy”in English.
Hi, Kitos. Could you check my essay? Thank you beforehand
In this set of materials the reading passage provides us with general information about polysemic feature of English, while the listening passage is focused on a particular group of polysemic words in English.
According to the reading passage English is a polysemic language, because it is common for English words to have many meanings. The term “polysemy” consists of two words ‘poly’ that means many and ‘sem’- meaning.
For example, the word ‘sound’ means a noise, a body of water, a state of health etc. In a word, it has 19 meanings as a noun, 12 meanings as adjective, 12 meanings as a verb and so on. The same characteristic exists in the word “set”; it has 57 meanings as a noun and 120 meanings as a verb.
In the listening passage the professor speaks about a special group of polysemic words, which POSSES not different meanings, but opposite ones. This group includes bolt, fast, sanction and so on. For instance, the word “bolt” means “to lock”, “not to move”, while at the same time it may be interpreted as “moving very quickly”. Or the word “fast” also can be interpreted as “staying still” and “moving quickly”. As to the word “sanction”, the verb “sanction” means “to permit”, while the phrase “to put a sanction”- “not permit”.
In short, the listening passage supplements information given in the reading passage by presenting additional details about the condition called “polysemy”in English.
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Good, but very easy Remula. They won’t all be as easy as this one!
