Suggest a frame of your own for the concept “TRADE”

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· Ideographic dictionary by P. Roget

Seminar 6. Homonymy and Paronymy

Homonymy. Sources of homonymy: convergent sound development (phonetic change), borrowing, conversion, divergent meaning development (split of polysemy), shortening. Classification by W. Skeat into perfect homonyms, homophones and homographs. Classification by A.I. Smirnitsky into lexical, grammatical and lexico-grammatical homonyms. Full homonyms and partial homonyms. Homonymy and polysemy. Paronymy. Definition of paronyms. Paronomasia.

Test Questions

1. Give the definition of homonyms. Why is English so rich in homonyms?

2. What is the most widely accepted classification of homonyms?

3. What are the formal criteria which help to differentiate between polysemy and homonymy? Give examples.

4. What words are defined as paronyms?

Tasks and assignments

1.* Find the homonyms in the following extracts. Classify them into: