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URL title: "<i>Hold</i> as a Monosemic Verb" by Amy D. Camp
URL description: The verb hold is normally presumed to be highly polysemous; dictionaries ascribe to it several senses and sub-senses. This treatment is supported by the polysemous bias in current semantic research. In this thesis, I claim that hold is monosemic, with ascribed meanings resulting from pragmatic modulation. My treatment of hold is based on Charles Ruhl&#039;s work with monosemy in his book On Monosemy: A Study in Linguistic Semantics. This study isolates hold&#039;s constant semantic contribution throughout 2
URL keywords: Monosemic, Verb, Hold, Polysemous bias
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