FACE facade (of a building)
clock face
In the case of radiation primary meaning stands in the center and the secondary meanings proceed out of it like rays. Each secondary meaning can be traced to the primary meaning.
a) Radiation
b) Concatenation
Is from Latin catena “chain”, meaning “linking together”. It means that the meaning of the word moves gradually away from its original sense as a result of successive semantic changes till, in many cases, there is not a trace of connection between the sense that is finally developed and the primary sense.
A A+B B +C …
In case of concatenation secondary meaning of a word develop like a chain. In such cases it is difficult to trace some secondary meanings to the primary one.
In case of concatenation secondary meaning of a word develop like a chain. In such cases it is difficult to trace some secondary meanings to the primary one.
crust
bread crust
hard part of anything (a pie, a cake)
harder layer over a soft snow
a sullen gloomy person
impudence
The last meanings have nothing to do with the primary ones. In such cases homonyms appear in the language. It is called the split of polysemy which sometimes leads to homonymy.
The last meanings have nothing to do with the primary ones. In such cases homonyms appear in the language. It is called the split of polysemy which sometimes leads to homonymy.
Homonyms ( Greek homoios - identical and onoma – name) are words which are identical in sound and spelling, or at least in one of this aspects, but different in their meaning.
