ON THE ISSUE OF DIFFERENTIATION OF HOMONYMY AND POLYSEMY PHENOMENA

Abstract

The article notes that the word must be considered as the basic unit of the language, as the unity of the sound and meaning of the inner and outer sides, which is not violated even if there are some changes in one or another side of the word. When distinguishing the phenomena of polysemy and homonymy, it is necessary to clearly represent the semantic systems of the language, to know the semantic relationships of certain categories of words, since any changes in these features accompany the process of semantic reinterpretation of language units. In matters of homonymy, the analysis of the morphological structure of a word plays a significant role. This shows the semantic independence of these units. When defining boundaries of a word, it is necessary to pay attention to the types of lexical meanings of a word, since a word can have several free nominative meanings. Such moments as the external expression of semantic differences in the very matter of language significantly contribute to the solution of such a question as the differentiation of homonyms and lexico-semantic variants of the word.