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Activity 4. Determine whether the following are cases of homonymy or polysemy.

(a)fine 'superior in quality'

'a sum of money paid as a penalty'

(b) bank 'an incline of land adjoining a river'

'a financial institution'

(c) monitor 'a pupil who assists a teacher'

'a device that receives video signals from a computer'

(d) tattoo 'a permanent design on the skin'

'a military exercise'

(e) school 'an institution for instruction'

'a large group of fish'

(f) leech 'a bloodsucking worm'

'a physician'

'a hanger-on, a sycophant'

(g) horn 'a structure projecting from the head of an animal'

'a musical instrument'

(h) ear 'the organ for hearing'

'the seed-bearing spike of a cereal plant'

(i) spell 'to name or write the order of the letters in a word'

'a magical formula'

'a period of time'

(j) butt 'to hit with the head'

'a target (for jokes)'

'the larger or thicker end of an object'

(k) pilot 'one who operates an aircraft or ship'

'a television program produced as a prototype of a series

Answers:

(a) homonomy

(b) homonomy

(c) polysemy

(d) homonomy

(e) homonomy

(f) polysemy

(g) polysemy

(h) homonomy

(i) homonomy

(j) homonomy

(k) polysemy