Polysemy and Synonymy in the Modern Russian Jargon
(Nominations Defining Love, Eroticism, Sex and Narcotics) Cover Image

Polisemy i homonimy we współczesnym żargonie rosyjskim (nominacje określające miłość, erotykę, seks i narkotyki)
Polysemy and Synonymy in the Modern Russian Jargon (Nominations Defining Love, Eroticism, Sex and Narcotics)

Author(s): Joanna Nawacka, Monika Piotrowska-Mazurowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: semantic characteristics; polysemy; polysemes; homonymy; homonyms; jargon

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the phenomena of polysemy and homonymy within the field ofnominations defining love, eroticism, sex and narcotics in the modern Russian jargon.Although polysemous nominations appear in all the semantic groups presented in the article,polysemy is not a representative phenomenon in the modern Russian jargon. Homonymy isillustrated only by one pair of homonyms within the narcotic nominations.

  • Issue Year: 1/2012
  • Issue No: XIV
  • Page Range: 105-115
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish