What is actually a homophone????
The word homophone is made from two combining forms:
· Homo-(from the Greek word “homos”, meaning “same”
· -phone (from the Greek word “phone”, meaning “voice” or “sound”
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According to The Study of Language, the third edition, by George Yule, homophones are when two or more different (written) forms have the same pronunciation. Besides that, according to Macmillan English Dictionary, homophone is a word that sounds the same as another but has its own spelling, meaning and origin. Homophones are also known as heterographs. Homophones are often used to create puns and to deceive the reader (as in crossword puzzles) or to suggest multiple meanings. The last usage is common in poetry and creative literature. There is another way to recognize whether the words are homophones are not apart from pronouncing them. We can actually recognize them through their phonetic symbols which are the same.
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