- the same as a counterpart. Any unit with this
property is said to be
homophonous (/həˈmɒfənəs/).
Homophones that are
spelled the same are both homographs...
- The
following is a
partial list of
linguistic example sentences illustrating various linguistic phenomena.
Different types of
ambiguity which are possible...
-
these two can also
merge with NEAR,
causing bad and
bared to
become homophonous with beard. A
merger of
words like bud and bird (/ɜːr/ and /ʌ/) occurs...
- /kæf/ both
homophonous as [kʰæf]
halve e.g. A
knife can
halve the
bread in two. have e.g. She
might have fun. /hɛəv/
versus /hæv/ both
homophonous as [hæv]...
- yolk can be /ˈjoʊlk/ or /ˈjoʊk/. yoke as /ˈjoʊk/ is only
conditionally homophonous.
Words like
fault and
vault did not
undergo L-vocalization, but rather...
- positions, such that
rabbit and
abbot rhyme and
Lenin and
Lennon are
homophonous, a
dialectal feature called the weak
vowel merger. GA /ɜr/ and /ər/ are...
- both as a
Chinese ideograph and, at times, pictorially, in one of its
homophonous forms. It is
often found on a
figurine of the male god of the same name...
-
simplified character components',
based on
which Chart 3 is derived.
Merging homophonous characters: 蒙、懞、濛、矇 → 蒙; 復、複、覆、 → 复; 乾、幹 → 干; 髮、發 → 发
Adapting cursive...
-
converted to [n], so that coding, for example, is
pronounced [ˈkoʊdin],
homophonous with codeine.
Conditioned /æ/
raising (especially
before /n/ and /m/):...
-
Homophonous pairs /f, v/ /θ, ð/ IPA
Notes barf bath ˈbɑːf Non-rhotic
accents with trap-bath split. deaf
death ˈdɛf duff doth ˈdʌf elf
health ˈɛlf With...
