Authors: James B. Hobbs
ISBN-13: 9780786424887, ISBN-10: 0786424885
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Date Published: June 2006
Edition: REV
James B. Hobbs is professor emeritus at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania.
This expanded fourth edition defines and cross-references 9,040 homophones and 2,133 homographs (up from 7,870 and 1,554 in the 3rd ed.).
As the most comprehensive compilation of American homophones (words that sound alike) and homographs (look-alikes), this latest 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.
Defines over 7,000 words that sound alike, and over 1,400 words that look alike. The homophones include near pairs like murrain/murrhine; the homographs include pronunciations. Greatly expanded from the 1982 first edition. Well cross referenced. Includes an annotated bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Overview of homophones and homographs | 3 | |
Definitions | 3 | |
The "conflict of homophones" controversy | 5 | |
Criteria for including and excluding words | 6 | |
Notational devices and phonetic symbols | 8 | |
Organization of the dictionary | 9 | |
Some final thoughts | 11 | |
Homophones | 13 | |
Homographs | 293 | |
App | Unusual groupings | 351 |