UnderstandingEnglishHomonyms:TheirOriginsandUsageexploresthephenomenonofhomonymsinEnglishbyanalysingaselectionofthosewiththemostinterestinghistories.Thisbooknotonlyillustrateshowhomonymsareusedinvariouscontextsbutalsoprovidesetymologicalexplanationsofhowtheycametobesuchaprominentfeatureofthelanguage.
Theintroductionoffersthereaderabriefsummaryofthesocial,historical,andlinguisticinfluencesthatcontributedtotheevolutionofthisphenomenoninmodernEnglish.Aglossaryofthelinguistictermsreferredtointhetextisalsoincluded.
WithveryfewbookscurrentlyavailableonthehistoricaloriginsofEnglishhomonyms,thisvolumeshouldprovepopularamongstudentsofthelanguageanditshistory.Itwillalsoappealtoanyonewhoisfascinatedbyetymologyingeneral.
