CULTURAL PECULIARITIES OF POLYSEMY AND HOMONYMY IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES
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Keywords: polysemy, homonymy, metaphor and metonymy, linguistic cognition, national and cultural specifics, semantic divergence.Abstract
Annotation. This article explores the linguistic and extralinguistic factors that impact the formation of polysemy in both English and Russian, focusing on a typological comparison. The study explores the mechanisms through which meanings broaden and constrict, alongside the roles of metaphor, metonymy, and synonymy in the evolution of polysemy. Special emphasis is placed on the morphological characteristics of the languages: the analytical nature and morphological isolation of English foster the polysemy of root words, while the Russian word-formation system, which makes extensive use of affixes, encourages them.
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