DIFFERENCES ET SIMILITUDES ENTRE LES HOMONYMES ET MOTS POLYSEMIQUES EN FRANÇAIS

Abstract This article analyzes the differences and similarities between homonyms and polysemous words in modern French, as well as clarifies the issues that create problems between them. The study of polysemantism in French is considered, how to preserve the unity of words when they have different meanings, and in which case the connection between the meanings is lost and polysemantism is discussed in the article. In the analysis, instead of lexical-semantic variants of the word, different words with the same pronunciation, it means that the ways of formation of the homonymous words, are considered. Information is provided on the problems caused by the difference between various homonyms and polysemous words and the difficulty of distinguishing these events. Thus, it turns out that in one dictionary there are different words that are considered polysemantic, in another they are similar to each other. The article also explores the ways to distinguish between homonymy and polysemy. Finally, it is important not to confuse polysemy and homonymy, which are pronounced and written in the same sense, but do not have a common meaning.