Lexicology / Homonyms Identical in sound and/or spelling The word homonym comes from the Greek ὁ...
-
Upload
emil-singleton -
Category
Documents
-
view
224 -
download
0
Transcript of Lexicology / Homonyms Identical in sound and/or spelling The word homonym comes from the Greek ὁ...
Lexicology / Homonyms
• Identical in sound and/or spelling
• The word homonym comes from the Greek ὁμώνυμος – „having the same name ”
Related concepts
Term Meaning Spelling Pronunciation
Homonym Different Same Same
Homograph Different Same Same or different
Homophone Different Same or different Same
Heteronym Different Same Different
Heterograph Different Different Same
Polyseme Different but related Same Same or different
CapitonymDifferent when
capitalizedSame except for
capitalizationSame or different
Different sources of Homonyms
Phonetic changes: Night and knight
Borrowing: Bank
Word-building:
Conversion: comb, pale, make
Shortening: fan
Split polysemy: spring
Classification of Homonyms
1. Full homonyms: match
2. Partial homonyms:
- Simple lexico-grammatical partial homonyms:
- Complex lexico-grammatical partial homonyms
- Partial lexical homonyms
(to) found, v.found, v.
Rose (n)Rose (v) – past indefinite of to rise
To lie (lay, lain) (v)To lie (lied, lied) (v)