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[Ann Dowker]

The following paper deals with the related issue of polysemy,
and suggests that Chinese is more polysemous than English
(which is in turn more polysemous than Italian).

Hunt, E. and Agnoli, F. (1991). The Whorfian hypothesis: a
cognitive psychology perspective. Psychological Review, 98,
377-389.


I hope this is helpful,

Ann
In message <s0b6454f.052 at gwia.kki.org> "Michele Mazzocco" <mazzocco at kennedykrieger.org> writes:
> Dear Info-childes,
>
> I am trying to find information regarding the relative frequency with
> which homonyms occur in French, Spanish, or Chinese, relative to the
> frequency in English. Or just the relative frequency of homonymy in any
> of these languages.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Michele Mazzocco
>
>
>
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