polysemantic

As the painter and poet, David Jones, argued a half-century ago, art reminds us in a gratuitous way — that is, by way of a kind of grace that signifies, or speaks, to us — of the rich, polysemantic layering of signs that constitutes the world itself.

Things Mean Things 2009

I want to be the first to comment, yet I find myself at a loss for words — polysemantic words that is.

Regretsy – Bird on a Wire 2010

Rowan, something polysemantic is something ambiguous, or having many meanings.

Regretsy – Bird on a Wire 2010

So is this artist using “polysemantic” to mean multilingual/multicultural?

Regretsy – Bird on a Wire 2010

Ok, I Googled-polysemantic and associative object-because I wanted to know what that is.

Regretsy – Bird on a Wire 2010

So Regretsians what is a polysemantic/associative object?

Regretsy – Bird on a Wire 2010

I knew the definitions, but I didn’t know if polysemantic/associative objects were a particular style of sculpture like Minimalism.

Regretsy – Bird on a Wire 2010

"It's very idiomatic, it contains a lot of polysemantic or homophonic words, which you can play with a lot.

Translating jokes into English leads comics to new punch lines 2010