volume Number 12، number In Volume 3، Fall 2019 ، issue Number 45

Lexical semantic change in persian: A historical semantic perspective

naser gholi sarli(Author in Charge), Nafise Rastgo

Abstract

This article is an attempt to give pragmatic criteria for the recognition of the polysemy and homonymy.

The difference between polysemy words and the homonymy ones, is one of the common issues in books and some articles of semantics, but the criteria that linguists have put forward in this regard is not unpopular when tested.

The manner in which this paper proposes to re-examine the causes of polysemy in words.

By providing examples of poetry Dehkhoda’s dictionary, weemphasized the conjugal relations of words and tissues of the language, in which the term is contained. therefore, it is possible to use the same criteria in the separation of the polysemy and homonymy.

However, some of the meanings that the authors of the Dehkhoda’s dictionaryhave brought can be a source of doubt, but a lot of evidence is useful.

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