This document discusses homophones in morphology. It defines a homophone as a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning and spelling. The document notes that in morphology, homophones must be remembered as different morphemes. It provides examples of homophones like "sale/sail" and "meet/meat" to illustrate this point. The document also explains that this is true for bound morphemes like verbal, noun plural, and noun possessive suffixes that are homophonous but represent different morphemes.

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MORPHOLOGY
2012 – Term 1
HOMOPHONES 7
By: http://SBANJAR.kau.edu.sa/
Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar http://wwwdrshadiabanjar.blogspot.com
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2. o. HOMOPHONES
A homophone is a word that sounds like
another word but has a different meaning
and a different spelling. In morphology, it
must be remembered that homophones
are different morphemes.
/seil/
sale sail
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3. meet meat
/mit/
/et/
eight ate
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4. In morphology, it must be remembered that
homophones are different morphemes.
Examples:
1. Did you like the meet? /mit/ ( track meet)
2. Did you like the meat ? /mit/ ( roast beef)
Those two homophonous words are two different morphemes.
:The same is true for bound forms
1. Verbal inflectional suffix: It feels /-z/ good
2. Noun plural inflectional suffix: Those frogs /-z/
3. Noun possessive inflectional suffix: John’s /-z/ book
Those three homophonous /-z/ s are three different morphemes.
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5. • Homophones are words that sound alike but
differ in meaning:
heir, air
pare, pair, pear
• It is important to remember that words like
these are different morphemes.
• The same applies to bound morphemes
it feels /-z/ good
those frogs /-z/
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