Homonym, Homophone & Heteronym

Salaam! Yaya here! madam gave us a homework this morning: find 5 homonyms, homophones & heteronyms respectively. so here they are:

HOMONYM
Homonyms are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things.

You may find that in the dialect you speak, some of these are not actually homonyms. There tend to be far more homonyms in American and Scottish varieties of English, for example, than standard British English. This is because standard British English distinguishes more vowel sounds, and thus some of the words listed below would not be pronounced identically by some speakers.

1. air: –noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
heir: –noun, a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.

2. bite: –verb (used with object), to cut, wound, or tear with the teeth.
byte: –noun Computers, adjacent bits, usually eight, processed by a computer as a unit.

3. cent: -noun, a bronze coin made of steel.
sent: –verb (used with object), to cause, permit, or enable to go.

4. dew: -noun, moisture condensed from the atmosphere, esp. at night, and deposited in the form of small drops upon any cool surface.
due: –adjective, owed at present; having reached the date for payment.

5. fir: –noun, any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
fur: –noun, the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.

HOMOPHONE
Oronyms (or homophones) are words which sound the same. Generally the word homophone is used to describe one of a pair or group of words that have the same sound (like prince and prints; allowed and aloud), whilst oronyms are normally strings of words (phrases) such as iced ink and I stink.

1. aloud: –adverb, with a loud voice; loudly.
allowed: -verb, To let do or happen; permit.

2. four: –noun, a symbol of this number, 4 or IV or IIII.
for: –preposition, with the object or purpose of.

3. sea: –noun, the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
see: verb (used with object, to perceive with the eyes; look at.

4. eye: –noun, the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
I: –pronoun, the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.

5. wait: verb (used without object, to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens.
weight: –noun, the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.

Oronym (Homophone) Poetry
There is a well-known poem called Eye Halve a Spelling Chequer (I Have a Spelling Checker) that written almost entirely with homophones. It could be considered an oronym poem:

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rarely ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect in it's weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

(Sauce unknown)

HETERONYM
What is a heteronym? A pair (or group) of heteronyms are words that have the same spelling (they are homographs) but different pronunciation (they are heterophones) and also different meanings.

There are hundreds of heteronyms in the English language, and they fall into several categories: true heteronyms, grammatical function heteronyms, capitonyms, accent heteronyms, and three-way heteronyms.

True Heteronyms
As has been said, there are many heteronyms in the English language, and there is not space for a comprehensive list here. The list below is a selection of the words that, whilst sharing a spelling, have unique pronunciations and unique meanings.

1. Wound; The doctor wound a bandage around the painful wound.
1st: -verb, to twine, fold, wrap, or place about something.
2nd: –noun, an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.

2. Sewer; As the sewer sat sewing, she smelled the stench of a local sewer.
1st: –noun, a person or thing that sews.
2nd: –noun, an artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water and refuse, as in a town or city.

3. Resent; I resent the fact that the letter was lost, but I have resent it.
1st: –verb (used with object), to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
2nd: –verb (used with object), -sent,to send again.

4. Number; I broke a number of bones in my right hand; it's number than the left.
1st: –noun, the sum, total, count, or aggregate of a collection of units, or the like: A number of people were hurt in the accident. The number of homeless children in the city has risen alarmingly.
2nd: adjective -er,deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.

5. Entrance; The lavishly decorated entrance will entrance the visitors.
1st: -noun, a point or place of entering; an opening or passage for entering, as a doorway.
2nd: –verb (used with object), to fill with delight or wonder; enrapture.

That's all folks! my homework is done! ^o^

Taken from: fun-with-words.com
meanings: dictionary.reference.com


JAY: Lesson for today_Jan 2, 2008

In oral speaking, there are many criteria for a person to be a good and better speaker. The examples of criteria are good command of language, possessing knowledge, confidence and must have flow of delivering. But for today class, we focus on the first example which is good command of language. Language is a medium of interaction between people which is involved the using of sounds, intonation, words and symbols. Symbols are very important because it helps us describe something when we forget certain word. Language is complex and has multiple meaning. In language there is HOMONYM, HOMOPHONES and HETERONYM.


Homonym: Word that has many meanings. For example,

1. aero = of aircraft
arrow = slender, pointed shaft

2. bean = a legume
been = past tense of be

3. marry = to join in matrimony
merry = happy

4. rain = precipitation
rein = horse's steering wheel

5. some = a few
sum = result of addition


Homopnones: words which sound alike but in different spelling

1. accessary = accessory
2. sauce = source
3. marshal = martial
4. some = sum
5. knew = new


Heteronym: Word that has the same spelling but in different pronountiation and different meaning. For example:

1. Buffet BUFFet - to pound or bump
booFAY - place where you serve yourself

2. Bow BAU - to lower one's head or the front of a ship
BOH - used to shoot arrows

3. Close CLOZE - to shut
CLOS - near

4. Record RECKord - a list
reKORD - to write down

5. Object ubJEKT - to complain
AHBjekt - a thing

Well, that's all from me..tata..



EYLLIA: HOMONYM, HOMOPHONE & HETERONYM

A HOMONYM is defined as one of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning, such as too (also) and two (the number).

examples:

1. board - noun -> a plan of wood
I used a board to cover the window.

bored - adjective -> not interested
He was bored by the meeting.


2. ate - verb -> past tense of the verb 'to eat'
She ate a quick lunch and returned to work.

eight - number -> the number 8
I bought eight tickets to the concert.

3. base - noun -> the bottom support of something
I think we need a new base for that lamp.

bass - noun -> the lowest pitches in music, singer of the lowest pitches
I sang bass in the church choir.

4. cell - noun -> a small room, usually in a prison
There are two prisoners per cell in that prison.

sell - verb -> to provide for sale
They sell books and magazines.

5. break - verb -> to damage something
Unfortunately, I often break my toys!

brake - noun -> stopping device on a vehicle
He used the brake to stop quickly.



HOMOPHONES are homonyms that share the same pronunciation. Homophones may be spelled the same (in which case they are also homographs) or spelled differently (in which case they are heterographs).

examples:

1. a) My family likes to travel by plane, but it's not cheap.

b) Asian people eat a lot of dishes with rice of different tastes: plain rice,fried rice with seafood, and sweet rice puddings.


2. a) He knows why he is getting bad grades.

b) Her nose really hurts.


3. a) They wanted to buy a new car, but couldn't get a loan from their bank.

b) The Lone Ranger was his hero.


4. a) Members meet every week.

b) Vegetarians don't eat meat.


5. a) She was told her foot should heal in about nine weeks.

b) The heel of her shoe broke off.



HETERONYMS are homonyms that share the same spelling but have different pronunciations. That is, they are homographs which are not homophones.

examples:

1) Excuse; Please excuse me while I think of an excuse.

2) Polish; Tell the Polish cleaners to polish the floor.

3) Minute; The button was so minute that it was a minute before I found it.

4) Wind; Hopefully the wind will be strong enough to wind the windmill.

5) Record; It's the referee's job to record the new world record.