Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2019)

Cognitive Interpretation of Polysemy

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Bianqi Sun
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Bianqi Sun
Available Online 14 February 2020.
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10.2991/assehr.k.191217.187How to use a DOI?
Keywords
metaphor, metonymy, polysemy, vocabulary
Abstract

Metaphor and metonymy serve as a cognitive means in polyseme acquisition. This paper aims at expounding their nature and mechanism in lexical sense extension, and exploring the effective way of polysemy interpretation from a cognitive perspective. A criterion of “knowing” a word is put forward.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
14 February 2020
ISBN
978-94-6252-867-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.191217.187How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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