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Published Online: Feb 21, 2013
Page range: 60 - 69
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0007-x
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Polysemy, the phenomenon whereby a linguistic unit exhibits multiple distinct yet related meanings, has always been a topic of great interest for both lexical semanticists and lexicographers. The primary aim of this paper is to investigate what role context plays in the interpretation of the different senses of polysemous lexical items.