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Article #187Re: homonym, homophone, homograph
From: Rich Wingerter
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 07:07
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 07:07
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In article <1992Jul23.164615.1@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl>, desmedt@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl writes: |> Is there any general agreement among linguists about the meaning |> of the terms homonym, homophone and homograph. The _Dictionary of Linguistics_ by Mario Pei and Frank Gaynor gives the following definitions: Homograph: A word identical in written form with another given word of the same language, but entirely different in origin, sound and meaning. Homonym: A work identical in written form and in sound with another word of the same language, but differrent in origin and meaning. Homophone: A word identical in sound with another word of the same language, but different from it in written form, origin and meaning. "Homomorph" is given as a word occasionally used as an alternative of homophone. --Rich Wingerter
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Newsgroups: sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!leland.Stanford.EDU!richwing From: richwing@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rich Wingerter) Subject: Re: homonym, homophone, homograph Message-ID: <1992Jul29.070738.17246@leland.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News) Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA References: <1992Jul23.164615.1@rulfsw.leidenuniv.nl> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 07:07:38 GMT Lines: 21