02833nam 2200601 450 991078700560332120210624022438.01-4766-0393-6(CKB)3710000000264449(EBL)1822775(SSID)ssj0001350121(PQKBManifestationID)12464385(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001350121(PQKBWorkID)11287341(PQKB)10361423(MiAaPQ)EBC1822775(EXLCZ)99371000000026444920141112h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHomophones and homographs an American dictionary /compiled by James B. Hobbs4th ed.Jefferson, North Carolina :McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,2006.©20061 online resource (377 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4766-7823-5 0-7864-2488-5 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Overview of Homophones and Homographs; Definitions; The "Conflict of Homophones" Controversy; Criteria for Including and Excluding Words; Notational Devices and Phonetic Symbols; Organization of the Dictionary; Some Final Thoughts; Homophones; Homographs; Appendix: Unusual Groupings; Homophones; Five or More One-Syllable Words; Four or More Two-Syllable Words; Three or More Three-Syllable Words; All Four-, Five-, and Six-Syllable Words; Homographs (three or more words); Homophones and Homographs (all words); Annotated BibliographyThis expanded fourth edition defines and cross-references 9,040 homophones and 2,133 homographs (up from 7,870 and 1,554 in the 3rd ed.). As the most comprehensive compilation of American homophones (words that sound alike) and homographs (look-alikes), this latest edition serves well where even the most modern spell-checkers and word processors fail--although rain, reign, and rein may be spelled correctly, the context in which these words may appropriately be used is not obvious to a computer.English languageUnited StatesHomonymsDictionariesAmericanismsDictionariesUnited StatesfastAmerikanisches EnglischswdEnglish languageHomonymsAmericanisms423.1AH 16024rvkHF 838rvkHF 851rvkHobbs James B.1930-1533240Hobbs James B.1930-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787005603321Homophones and homographs3780045UNINA