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| Title: | Polysemy in specialized lexicon from Old English to Present-Day English | Authors: | Pérez Iglesias, Elvira | UNESCO Clasification: | 570107 Lengua y literatura 550510 Filología |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Journal: | LFE. Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos | Abstract: | 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 | Source: | 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 |
| Appears in Collections: | LFE, Rev. leng. fines específ. n.15-16, 2009-2010 Artículos |
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