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    It is not the case that A single lexical item can exhibit systematic polysemy such that its semantic contribution shifts contextually without rendering conjunction-reduced forms infelicitous.

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    • 1.Apparent polysemy may reflect multiple stored senses with context-sensitive selection, not a single shifting meaning, per lexicalist accounts.
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    • 2.Conjunction reduction felicity depends on shared sortal type or compatible semantic roles—requiring coercion or implicit type-shifting, not core polysemy.
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    • 3.Some systematic polysemic pairs (agent vs. location nouns) actually fail conjunction reduction, contradicting the claim's universality.
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    • 1.Words like 'book' (physical object vs. content) systematically shift meaning while preserving coherence in 'I read the book and shelved it.'
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    • 2.Pragmatic context resolves ambiguity dynamically without requiring distinct lexical entries, explaining native speaker felicity judgments.
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    • 3.Conjunction reduction succeeds when a single abstract semantic frame accommodates both uses, demonstrating unified lexical representation.
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