Homonyms: examples of use in Russian

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Homonyms - words similar in sound composition, but are not related in the sense of: lezginka (dance) - Lezginka (female);Rook (figure in chess) - boat (ship);Ambassador (the way the blank products) - Ambassador (diplomat).Same external zvukobukvennaya and grammatical form of homonyms difficult to communicate, because the distinction between their meaning is possible only in the context in conjunction with other words.Homonyms, examples of which is shown, is impossible to understand without context: SPECIAL OFFER - impersonal proposal;buds bloom - cure kidney;right hand - right (the innocent).

Types and examples of homonyms in Russian

Full lexical homonyms - is a coincidence of words relating to the same part of speech, in all its forms: one month (calendar) - month (light), the assembly of the car (from the verb to collect) -assembly on the fabric (fold), motive (music) - the motive (behavior), read (the book) - read (adults, parents), dress (order) - outfit (clothing), note (diplomatic) - note (music).Incomplete lexical homonyms suggests match in spelling and sound at the words relating to the same part of speech, not in all its forms: the ramp (the wheel; inanimate) - ramp (to the river; inanimate) - stingray (fish, animated);dig a pit (perfect look - dig) - dig in a drug (perfect look - drip);cancer (river animal) - a cancer (the disease has only a single number).

There homonyms, examples of which can be seen below, related to grammar and sound change: mouth - born (pronounced [mouth]);three (from the verb rub) - three (number);couple (boots) - (clubs) steam;Oven (cakes) - (Russian) oven.

Homonyms: examples and types of structure

  1. Root.Are non-derivative basis: marriage (the factory) and marriage (happy), the world (reigns in the family and the state) and the world (universe).
  2. derivatives homonyms - the result of word: drill (marching song) and timber.

Phonetic, grammatical and graphic homonyms: usage examples

Homophones (homonyms phonetic) - words that are similar in sound composition, but different in spelling (alphabetic composition): Mushroom and influenza, the code and the cat, the fort and the "Ford", light and sanctify men and Feb.

homographs (letters, graphic homonyms) - words that have the same alphabetic part, but differ in pronunciation: shelves - shelves, horns - horns, satin - satin, float - float (emphasis in these words fall on different syllables).

Omoformy - Match grammatical forms of the same word or different words: glass window (noun) - the glass on the floor (the verb in the past tense), it's time to go - Summertime;Hunting (predators) and hunting (desire);Eskimo ice cream - frozen meat (noun and adjective);return spring - enjoy the spring (adverb and noun);leaking on the floor - seal the leak (verb and noun).

puns and homonyms: examples of words and statements kazusnyh

You have to be careful in the use of homonyms, as in some situations homonymy can distort the meaning of statements and result in a comic.For example, the word football match commentator: "In today's game, left the football field without a goal" - can be understood in two ways.And from such speech incidents are not insured even writers:

  • "Did you hear?"
  • "You can not be indifferent to evil."