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How many types of homonyms in the English language? illustrate answer with examples.
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There are three types of homonyms
Homophones: Words that are identical in pronunciation but different in spelling
Ví dụ: “piece – peace; buy – by”, see – sea ; night – knight
In English there are many special cases of homophones like:
Knows (from “to know”) – nose
The common English name “Bill” causes misunderstanding in this joke:
– How much is my chicken bill?
– Excuse me, Madam, but my name is John.
Homographs: are words identical in spelling only but different in sound:
“tear – tear; wind – wind”
– bow [ bau ] (v) : to incline the head or body in salutation (lời chào, sự chào)
– bow [ bou ] (n) a flexible strip (dây cung) of wood for propelling(đẩy mũi tên đi) arrows
– Lead [ li:d ] (v) to conduct on the way, go before to show the way (dẫn đường)
– Lead [ led ] (n) a heavy, rather soft metal (kim loại: chì)
Full (perfect) homonyms: are words identical in both pronunciation and spelling:
– fast (go without food or some kinds of food)
– fast (quickly) – fast (deeply, soundly)
– ball (a round object) – ball (a gathering of people for dancing)./.