| 词汇 | homonymy |
| 释义 | homonymy noun[ U ] language specializeduk /həˈmɒn.ɪ.mi/ us /həˈmɑː.nə.mi/ the fact of words having the same spelling or pronunciation or both, but different meanings: There are two types of homonymy: homography and homophony. The aim of this study was to explore why children have difficulty with homonymy. Related words homonym homonymic Compare homography Homography, homophony, and homonymy all concern linguistic “accidents” that cause two unrelated words to be written or pronounced in the same way. In some cases, homonymy might lead to multiple translations. The German article system is complex due to homonymy of forms. A distinction is often drawn between two kinds of ambiguity: homonymy and polysemy. There are similar jokes in every language, which depend for their humour on polysemy or homonymy. Linguistics: terminology & vocabulary abbreviated form accommodation alphabetic Anglicism antonym antonymous buzzword cognate coinage homography homonymic homophonic homophony hypernym productively receptive receptively referent superordinate vocab |
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