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Homophones and homographs : an American dictionary / compiled by James B. Hobbs.
LIBRA PE2833 .H63 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hobbs, James B., 1930-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--United States--Homonyms--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- Americanisms--Dictionaries.
- Americanisms.
- Homonyms.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- v, 370 pages ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Other Title:
- Homophones & homographs
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006]
- Summary:
- "This expanded fourth edition defines and cross-references 9,026 homophones and 2,127 homographs. This 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"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The "Conflict of Homophones" Controversy 5
- Criteria for Including and Excluding Words 6
- Notational Devices and Phonetic Symbols 8
- Organization of the Dictionary 9
- Homophones 13
- Homographs 293
- Appendix Unusual Groupings 351
- Homophones 351
- Five or More One-Syllable Words 352
- Four or More Two-Syllable Words 352
- Three or More Three-Syllable Words 352
- All Four-, Five-, and Six-Syllable Words 353
- Homographs (three or more words) 354
- Homophones and Homographs (all words) 355.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-370).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0786424885
- OCLC:
- 64289215
- Publisher Number:
- 9780786424887
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