Polysemy in specialized lexicon from Old English to Present-Day English

Título:	Polysemy in specialized lexicon from Old English to Present-Day English
Autores/as:	Pérez Iglesias, Elvira
Clasificación UNESCO:	570107 Lengua y literatura 550510 Filología
Fecha de publicación:	2010
Publicación seriada:	LFE. Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos
Resumen:	The main aim of this paper is to show the multiplicity of meanings given to the same word in specialized English lexicon from Old English to Present-Day English in order to provide the English language with linguistic economy and flexibility, thus increasing its vocabulary. The terms analysed are extracted from the OED, together with their date, author and work where they were first registered with the different meanings, and they mainly belong to Commerce, Law, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Technology and Computing.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10553/7064
ISSN:	1133-1127
Fuente:	LFE. Revista de lenguas para fines específicos. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1993 [ISSN 1133-1127], n. 15-16, 2009-2010, p. 205-227
Colección:	LFE, Rev. leng. fines específ. n.15-16, 2009-2010 Artículos

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