Monosemy
Sign in to saveMonosemy means 'one-meaning' and is a methodology primarily for lexical semantic analysis, but which has widespread applicability throughout the various strata of language.
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Monosemy means 'one-meaning' and is a methodology primarily for lexical semantic analysis, but which has widespread applicability throughout the various strata of language.
== Originator == Despite several precursors, monosemy as a theoretical model was developed most prominently by the transformational-generative linguist, Charles Ruhl.
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