【正确答案】：
FROM THE DIACHRONIC POINT OF VIEW, POLYSEMY IS ASSUMED TO BE THE RESULT OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF ONE AND SAME WORD. WHEN THE WORD WAS CREATED, IT WAS ENDOWED WITH ONLY ONE MEANING, WHICH IS CALLED THE PRIMARY MEANING. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF TIME AND LANGUAGE, IF TOOK ON MORE AND MORE MEANINGS, WHICH ARE CALLED DERIVED MEANINGS.
【题目解析】：从历时的角度来看，一词多义被认为是同一个词的语义结构增长和发展的结果。当这个词被创造出来时，它只被赋予了一个意义，这就是所谓的原始意义。随着时间和语言的发展，如果出现越来越多的意义，这就称为衍生意义。