borrowing. So, in the group of homonyms rite, n. to write, v. – right, adj. the second and the third words are of native origin – whereas is a Latin borrowing. Match, n. (a game) is a rite native, and match, n. (a slender short piece of wood used for producing fire) is French borrowing. Word also contributes significantly the growth of homonymy, and the most important in this respect is conversion. Such pairs of words as comb to comb, pale to – – are numerous in the vocabulary. Homonyms of this type pale refer to different categories of parts of speech, are called Shortening is a further type of lexico-grammatical homonyms. the word-building increases the number of homonyms: fan (shortened from fanatic) and (cf. fan віяло, опахало, the Ukr. Words made by sound-imitation can also form вентилятор). pairs of homonyms with other words: (a loud, sudden bang noise) (cf. bang – чуб). the Ukr. In all the mentioned cases the homonyms developed from two or more different words, and their similarity is purely accidental. Another source: two or more homonyms can originate from different meanings of the same word when, for some reason, the semantic structure of the word breaks into several parts. This type of formation is called Let us split polysemy. consider the history of three homonyms: n. a long and thin piece of timber; board, – n. daily meals, esp. as provided for pay, e. g. board, – room and board; n. an official group of persons who direct board, – some activity, e. g. a board of directors. These three words are in no way associated with one another. Yet has a meaning It developed from board “table”. the meaning by transference based on piece of “a timber” contiguity (association of an object and the material from which it is made). The meanings and official “meals” “an
borrowing. So, in the group of homonyms rite, n. – to write, v. – right, adj. the second and the third words are of native origin whereas rite is a Latin borrowing. Match, n. (a game) is a native, and match, n. (a slender short piece of wood used for producing fire) is French borrowing. Word also contributes significantly the growth of homonymy, and the most important in this respect is conversion. Such pairs of words as comb – to comb, pale – to pale are numerous in the vocabulary. Homonyms of this type refer to different categories of parts of speech, are called lexico-grammatical homonyms. Shortening is a further type of the word-building increases the number of homonyms: fan (shortened from fanatic) and fan (cf. the Ukr. віяло, опахало, вентилятор). Words made by sound-imitation can also form pairs of homonyms with other words: bang (a loud, sudden noise) – bang (cf. the Ukr. чуб). In all the mentioned cases the homonyms developed from two or more different words, and their similarity is purely accidental. Another source: two or more homonyms can originate from different meanings of the same word when, for some reason, the semantic structure of the word breaks into several parts. This type of formation is called split polysemy. Let us consider the history of three homonyms: board, n. – a long and thin piece of timber; board, n. – daily meals, esp. as provided for pay, e. g. room and board; board, n. – an official group of persons who direct some activity, e. g. a board of directors. These three words are in no way associated with one another. Yet board has a meaning “table”. It developed from the meaning “a piece of timber” by transference based on contiguity (association of an object and the material from which it is made). The meanings “meals” and “an official