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Autore: | Hobbs James B. <1930-> |
Titolo: | Homophones and homographs : an American dictionary / / compiled by James B. Hobbs |
Pubblicazione: | Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , 2006 |
©2006 | |
Edizione: | 4th ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
Disciplina: | 423.1 |
Soggetto topico: | English language - United States - Homonyms |
Americanisms | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States |
Amerikanisches Englisch | |
Classificazione: | AH 16024 |
HF 838 | |
HF 851 | |
Persona (resp. second.): | HobbsJames B. <1930-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 Bibliography |
Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Homophones and homographs |
ISBN: | 1-4766-0393-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910811713103321 |
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