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Bridges Robert. On English Homophones
On English Homophones
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I. THE MAIN LIST OF HOMOPHONES
II. All the following examples involve wh. > w.5
III. Group of Homophones caused by loss of trilled R.6
IV. The name of a species (of animals, plants, &c.) is often a homophone. Where there is only one alternative meaning, this causes so little inconvenience that the following names (being in that condition) have been excluded from List I.7
V. The suffix er added to a root often makes homophones. The following are examples. (And see in List VI.)
VI. Words excluded from the main list for various reasons, their homophony being rightly questioned by many speakers
VII. Homophones due only to an inflected form of a word. Comparatives of adjectives, &c
VIII. 'False homophones' [see p. 4], doubtful doublets, &c
IX. The following words were not admitted into the main class chiefly on account of their unimportance
1. That homophones are a nuisance
2. That English is exceptionally burdened with homophones
4. That the loss due to homophony threatens to impoverish the language
5. That the South English dialect is a direct and chief cause of homophones
6. That the mischief is being propagated by phoneticians
7. On the claim that Southern English has to represent all British speech
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