Р е ф е р а т homonyms in the English language Знобищева Мария Сергеевна ученица «Г» класса Головко Ольга Владимировна Тамбов 2013 Lyceum 29 Report Homonyms in the English language Znobishcheva Masha g teacher: Golovko O

3. Conclusion

To sum it up, I’d like to repeat that the studying of the homonymy is very important for the English language because this phenomenon in the English language is very common. The homonymy has attracted a lot of different linguists for hundreds of years but homonymy has not been studied sufficiently yet.

In the course of my work all the tasks were done:

1. The origin of the main sources of homonyms was studied. Also, it was found that the source of origin for most of homonyms is borrowing.

2. The standard classification of homonyms was studied and it was found that this classification is the most common but still not the most detailed one. The classification given by A.I. Smirnitsky is also fairly common.

3. I tried to draw a distinction between homonymy and polysemy with the help of different parameters. But it is impossible to separate completely the homonymy and polysemy. However, many scientists are trying to solve this problem

I hope that my work will be useful and interesting not only for the students but also for advanced learners of the English, too.

4. Bibliography

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8. http://www.wikipedia.com/English/articles/homonymy

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