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Homographs and Homophones: Lecture #2
Homographs and Homophones: Lecture #2
Homographs and Homophones: Lecture #2
Homographs
and
Homophones
HOMOGRAPHS
■ refers to two words that have the
same spelling, may or may not
have the same pronunciation and
have different meaning.
EXAMPLES:
BLUE – color
BLEW - past tense of blow
Word Clines
WORD CLINES
■ the arrangement of words with
similar meaning but with different
strength.
EXAMPLES:
Ex.
The young girl was very ALOOF. She
always seems unsociable,
unapproachable and uninterested
2. ANTONYMS
■ are words with opposite meaning.