Polysemy and homonymy in German and Ukrainian compared

Language is defined as a human system of communication that uses arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols. But frankly speaking, language is far too complicated, intriguing, and mysterious to be adequately explained by a brief definition. The organic function of the language is to carry meaning. Most of the problems in linguistic science are intimately bound to question of semasiology and call for scientific analysis of communication in words. The study of words is not exclusively a study of roots and stems, of prefixes or suffixes. The mysterious world of words is an object of scientific investigation [ 7, p. 29 ].

Introduction
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General Characteristics of Ambiguity and its Cases
Ambiguity of Natural Languages
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Polysemy as a Linguistic Phenomenon
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Homonymy and its Types
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Comparison of Ambiguity Cases in German and Ukrainian
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Polysemy in German and Ukrainian
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Homonymy in German and Ukrainian
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Conclusion
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Literature
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