Polysemy in quantitative linguistics
Polysemy is defined in Quantitative Lilnguistics as the number of different meanings or functions of a linguistic unit.
This concepts can be operationalised in different ways, depending on the kind of linguistic unit. E.g., the polysemy of a word may be operationalised as the number of meanings given in a specific dictionary.
The distribution of word and morpheme polysemy in dictionaries and in texts has been investigated as well as the interrelations between polysemy and some other properties of the word or morpheme.
References
http://www.uni-trier.de/uni/fb2/ldv/lql_wiki/index.php/Polysemy
http://www.uni-trier.de/uni/fb2/ldv/lql_wiki/index.php/Polysemy_and_length
http://www.uni-trier.de/uni/fb2/ldv/lql_wiki/index.php/Polysemy_and_synonymy_of_words
http://www.uni-trier.de/uni/fb2/ldv/lql_wiki/index.php/Compounds_and_polysemy
http://www.uni-trier.de/uni/fb2/ldv/lql_wiki/index.php/Polysemy_and_age
http://www.uni-trier.de/uni/fb2/ldv/lql_wiki/index.php/Polysemy_and_synonymy_of_words