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ERIC Number: EJ245889
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Apr
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A Problem in Vocabulary Learning--Synophones.
Laufer, Batia
English Language Teaching Journal, v35 n3 p294-300 Apr 1981
Presents several types of synophones, words similar in sound but different in meaning, including those differing in one phoneme only, more than one phoneme which can have an identical Latin root, and several phonemes which defy exact definition. Suggests validity of context as aid to comprehension of unknown words should not be overestimated. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Language Processing, Phonemes, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education, Semantics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Synophones