The Interpretation of Polysemy from the Cognitive Perspective

This thesis aims to explore the formation of polysemy from cognitive perspective Cognitively speaking,polysemy is a process of meaning extension from the prototypical meaning to the more periphery ones by means of two cognitive apparatus-metaphor and metonymy.

This thesis aims to explore the formation of polysemy from cognitive pe^pecfive Cognitively speaking,polysemy is a process of meaning extension from the prototypical meaning to the more periphery ones by means of two cognitive apparatus-metaphor and metonymy.