Young Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
Vol. 1 No. 3 (2025): Young Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Polysemy and Homonymy in Semantic Interpretation

Elan Nuroctavia Purba (Unknown)
Damanik , Bernieke Anggita Ristia (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Jul 2025

Abstract

This article aims to examine the phenomena of polysemy and homonymy as major sources of lexical ambiguity that pose significant challenges in meaning interpretation, both in human communication and computational systems. Employing a literature review method, this study analyzes theoretical frameworks and relevant linguistic data. The findings reveal that polysemy refers to a single word with multiple related meanings, while homonymy involves identical word forms with unrelated meanings. Both phenomena complicate semantic understanding, particularly in pragmatic contexts and natural language processing tasks. The study emphasizes that pragmatic influence and frequency effects are key factors in meaning resolution and disambiguation. These findings underscore the importance of developing more advanced semantic-pragmatic models and effective disambiguation strategies to enhance language comprehension and improve the performance of natural language processing applications in human-computer interaction.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

yjssh

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Social Sciences

Description

Young Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (YJSSH) is an academic journal which focuses on social and humanistic issues, both of a conceptual and an empirical nature. The journal uses a multidisciplinary perspective with a focus on the main issue. The journal is open to all to contribute to it, ...