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Interlingual Homonyms of Polysemic Origin in Related Languages
The article deals with lexical units of homonymic character functioning on the inter-linguistic level in Slavic languages. The emphasis is put on interlingual homonyms with the origin in the semantic relation of polysemy.
Marta Lackova, Eva Lelakova
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The paper aims to present the types of semantic relations which hold between the interlingual homonyms existing in the semantic field of “people’s spiritual life”.
Natalya Didenko
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ABSTRACT The concept of humility has a long history of paradoxicality. From denoting a lowly social status—to becoming one of the highest Christian virtues—to falling under the critique of the liberators of the Enlightenment—to experiencing an upsurge of philosophical and psychological interest in recent years, the value of acknowledging one's least ...
Benjamin Birkenstock
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Individuals with autism show difficulties in using sentence context to identify the correct meaning of ambiguous words, such as homonyms. In this study, the brain basis of sentence context effects on word understanding during reading was examined in ...
Banu Ahtam +2 more
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Differentiation of single-root synonyms from similar units in the Karachay-Balkar language
Single-root words, especially word variants, synonyms and paronyms, are often mixed in the process of their use. The prerequisites for this are created by: 1) phonetic similarity of words, 2) common root morpheme, 3) belonging to the same part of speech,
Mariam A. Akhmatova
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On the Awkward Polysemy of the Verb risk
As one of Karin Aijmer’s fields of interest is that of semantics, a discussion of a polysemous word may not come amiss in this context. The difference between homonymy and polysemy is clear enough in principle, if often less clear in actual practice.1 ...
Göran Kjellmer
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HOMONYMY-RELATED ERRORS: A CASE STUDY AMONG ENGLISH MAJORED SOPHOMORES
Homonymy is an essential feature of the English language. It often causes confusion and miscommunication for EFL learners. This study examines common difficulties second- year English majors at the Foreign Languages Department (FLD) encounter when ...
Nguyen Phuong Lien, Nguyen Thi Kim Anh*, Vo Khanh Linh, Nguyen Thi Yen Vy
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Review The text is a presentation of R. Kaleta's book Białorusko-polska homonimia międzyjęzykowa published in 2014 by the Slavic Publishing Centre of the Institute of Slavic Studies PAS. The monograph includes an analysis of source literature and some
Maksim Duszkin
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Grapevine cultivars diversity is vast and full of synonyms and homonyms. Up to few decades ago characterization of grapevine was based on morphological characters. In the last decades, molecular markers were developed and have been used as tools to study
Isaura Castro +4 more
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