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Вопрос омонимии в марийском языке
Problems of Homonymy in the Mari Language

Author(s): Elena Lastočkina
Subject(s): Language studies, Finno-Ugrian studies
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: Mari language; homonyms; lexical homonyms; homoforms; homophones; homographs

Summary/Abstract: The problem of differentiation of homonymy and polysemy is very urgent, facing us mostly when homonyms appear as a result of a semantic split of a ­polysemantic word. There are several ways of differentiation between polysemy and homonymy: lexical, morphological, semantic and others. Thus, one of the main tasks in examining the relations between polysemy and homonymy is the definition of the ­criteria for such differentiation. The current classification for Mari homonyms divides them into lexical homonyms, homoforms, homophones, and homographs.

  • Issue Year: LI/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 252-257
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Russian
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