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1、英语同音词的成因英语的词汇比汉语大得多,而英语中的同音词要比汉语少得多,这是一个值得研究的课题。本文想仅就造成同音词的原因做一下抛砖引玉式的分析,以期引起人们对这一“被遗忘的角落”的关注。一、 专有名词与普通单词发音相同 这些专有名词在汉语中有相应的音译词语,已经为国人所熟悉,学起来读易好记,轻松有趣。写在横线前面的系专有名词,后面的为普通单词。 Korea—career,Gaul(高卢人)—gall,Chile—chilli—chili–chilly, Greece—grease,Dane—deign,Finnish—
2、finish,Bonn—bonne,Bern—burn,Cannes—can,Nice—niece,Seoul—soul—sole,Rome—roam,Bali—barley, Wales—whales—wails,Gana—garner,Kashmir—cashmere,Latin—lattin,Hyde—hide—hied, Maine—main—mane,Venus—venous,Klan—clan, Martin—marten,Oder—oder,Seine—sane—sain, Kant—cant二、缩略词与普通名词发音相同 I’d—eye
3、d,I’ll—isle—aisle,aren’t—ant—aunt,he’ll—heel—heal, we’ll—wheel—wheal—weal, we’re—weir, we’d—weed,where’s—wares,he’d—heed,Miss.—miss,AIDS—aids三、名词的复数形式或动词的单数第三人称与普通单词发音相同 Locks—lox,laps—lapse, nays—neighs—naze,haves—hose, ewes—use,brows—browse,s—alms四、动词的过去式或过去分词与普通单词发音相同
4、 这些动词的过去式有: Blew—blue,flew—flu,gilt—guilt,knew—new,saw—sore—soar,threw—through,wore—war,wrote—rote,rode—road,were—whir. 这些动词的过去分词有:Seen—scene,grown—groan,done—dun,thrown—throne,been—bean,born—borne—bourn,sought—sort, caught—court,taught—taut,heard—herd, won—one
5、,sent—cent—scent,led—lead,fought—fort—forte.五、前缀与普通单词发音相同 Anti—vs. ante,bi—vs. by—bye—buy, vice—vs. vise六、因相邻字母重复与其它单词发音相同 有些是因为词尾的两个字母重复造成的同音词,如 add—ad, butt—but,bee—be,boss—bos, canvass—canvas,inn—in,nill—nil,wee—we,too—to,frizz—friz, redd—red,mandrill—mand
6、ril 有些是因为单词中间的两个字母重复造成的同音词,如 dessert—desert,cannon—canon,femme—feme七、“r” 音节造成的同音词 重读“r” 音节造成的同音词。 Birth—berth, curn—kern—kirn, curb—kerb, firn—fern,surf—serf, surge—serge,mar—ma,spar—spa,farther—father, hart—heart, worn—warn,forth—fourth,for—fore—four—faugh
7、.非重读“r” 音节造成的同音词。 alter—altar, seller—cellar,lumber—lumbar,manor—manner, razor—razer,minor--miner,prior—prier,sensor--censor,fakir—faker,sucker—succor,rumor—roomer,hanger—hangar,calendar—calender,trooper--trouper, meter—meter, steeler—stealer,waver—waiver,leaver—lever,wee
8、ver—weaver.八、因不同的字母组合发音相同而构成的同音词 1.当字母组合—ea—,—ee