Define the following terms.
synonym
Define the following terms
synonyms
“Dear” and “deer” are words identical in sound but different in spelling and meaning. They are（ ）.
Words like dear that means a loved person and deer that means a kind of animal are called （ ）.
Words that are identical both in sound and spelling but different in meaning are（ ）.
Which of the following statements is true?（ ）
Answer the following questions. Your answer should be clear and short.
Exemplify the various sources of homonyms.
Words like bow that means bending the head as a greeting and a bow that means the device used as shooting arrows are called（）.
The words right, write and rite are（ ）.
Of the following, （ ） is NOT among the various sources of homonyms.
Perfect homonyms are words identical both in sound and spelling, but different in .
Complete the following statements with proper words or expressions according to the course book.
Words like bank meaning both the edge of the river and an establishment for money business are called .
Sources of homonyms include（ ）
（） is not a pair of homophones.
Homophones are words identical only inbut different in spelling and meaning as in son and sun.
Radiation and （）are the two coinages which the development of word meaning follows from monosemy to polysemy.
The problem of interrelation of the various meanings of the same word can be dealt with from（）different approach.
The development of word-meaning from monosemy to polysemy follows two courses, traditionally known as and concatenation.
Unlike radiation where each of the derived meanings is directly connected to the primary meaning, （ ）describes a process where each of the later meaning is related only to the preceding one like chains.
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