Heteronymous

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Alberto Caeiro , Álvaro de Campos , Ricardo Reis .
Almada Negreiros , 1958. Heteronyms by Fernando Pessoa .

The term heteronym (Greek: héteros = different, unequal and onoma name) has different meanings of inequality depending on the area of ​​application.

Linguistics

In linguistics , heteronym is used in the following, e.g. T. used clearly different meanings:

  • Words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently and have a different meaning, e.g. B. modern : [moˈdɛʁn] (modern) or [ˈmoːdɐn] (rot). A heteronym is a special case of a homonym or a homograph .
  • Words that only differ in one (small) meaning component, but are formed from different word stems. For example, cousin and base , in contrast to franz . cousin and cousin ; or brother and sister vs. ancient greek. adelphós and adelphḗ .
  • Words with the same meaning and different form, but which, in contrast to the synonym, are used in different language systems, d. H. in different languages ( brother vs. engl. brother ), or dialects ( Saturday - Saturday , dumplings - dumpling , fireplace - chimney ).
  • the relation of incompatibility between two or more lexemes . Black and white horses share a number of components of meaning (see lexical decomposition ), but they differ in exactly one characteristic, the color.
  • Words that are on the same hierarchical level in a taxonomy , e.g. B. the fruits apple , pear , pineapple . The term cohyponym is more common .
  • fictional author with a fictional biography, for example in the work of Fernando Pessoa .

literature

In addition, a heteronym is a modification of a pseudonym , for example in literature . The personalities of the writer Fernando Pessoa are known as heteronyms because he gave them their own biography and they were all literary under their own name.

medicine

In medicine , the term dissimilar means, not corresponding , e.g. B. in the case of anatomical differences between the two halves of the body. Example: heteronymous hemianopia .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hadumod Bußmann (Ed.): Lexicon of Linguistics. 3rd updated and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-520-45203-0 (heteronymy).
  2. ↑ Werner H. Veith: Sociolinguistics. A work book ; Narr: Tübingen 2nd edition 2005, ISBN 3-8233-6198-8 , p. 127
  3. ↑ Hadumod Bußmann (Ed.): Lexicon of Linguistics. 3rd updated and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-520-45203-0 (heteronymy and incompatibility).

Web links

Wiktionary: Heteronym  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations