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Understanding English Homonyms: Their Origins and Usage

Alexander Tulloch
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publisher date
2017/01
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isbn
9789888528752
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book format
PDF
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publisher name
香港大學出版社
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語言學習 > 英語 > 文法
Understanding English Homonyms: Their Origins and Usage explores the phenomenon of homonyms in English by analysing a selection of those with the most interesting histories. This book not only illustrates how homonyms are used in various contexts but also provides etymological explanations of how they came to be such a prominent feature of the language. The introduction offers the reader a brief summary of the social, historical, and linguistic influences that contributed to the evolution of this phenomenon in modern English. A glossary of the linguistic terms referred to in the text is also included. With very few books currently available on the historical origins of English homonyms, this volume should prove popular among students of the language and its history. It will also appeal to anyone who is fascinated by etymology in general.

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Alexander Tulloch
Alexander Tulloch is a former senior lecturer in Russian and Spanish. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, he was also visiting lecturer in translation studies at the City University London and has written extensively on etymology.

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香港大學出版社成立於1956年,隸屬於亞洲最具影響力的英語學府——香港大學。出版社每年出版逾三十種新書,且中文書的比例持續增加,現已超過四分之一。憑藉香港獨特的國際地位,香港大學出版社的書籍深入探討、審視並彰顯亞洲在世界中的角色。我們在中國歷史與文化、法律、公共衛生、社會工作、電影與媒體研究、藝術,以及建築與城市規劃等領域的出版物尤為享有盛譽。

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