Polysemy
Activity 1
Explain that the word polysemy refers to the idea that words can have more than one meaning.
Ask the learners to think of more than one meaning for the words football and mouse and discuss with a partner or small group. Show the next slide to reveal some possible answers.
As an extension, see if learners can come up with any other words with multiple meanings.
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Polysemy
Objective
To understand how polysemy applies to different word classes.
Activity 1
Some words may have only one meaning, but most tend to have more.
Let's take for example the words football and mouse.
How many meanings can you think of for each?
football can mean: