مناويل الهومونيمي وتجلياته في اللغة العربية

Kinds of Homonymy and its Appearance in Arabic Language

Homonymy is one of the most important mechanisms which results in the variable nature of the word meaning. This mechanism is called ‘Al-Moshtarak Al-Lafzi’ in traditional research in Arabic language. Despite the fact that homonymy studies encompass a significant space in Arabic language research, many of its aspects are still unfamiliar. The fact is that unrecognized aspects of homonymy can propound more extensive and complex issues than Al-Moshtarak al-Lafzi. Accordingly, the current research intends to study homonymy and its aspects in Arabic language. It also aims at showing the functions of hyponymy in the literature. The method of current study is analytic-descriptive. The article is divided into two parts. The first part includes the explanation of homonymy and its kinds based on data analysis. The second part studies literary functions of homonymy. The results show that homonymy in Arabic language is of different types that includes: absolute homonymy, partial homonymy, writing homonymy (homography), lingual homonymy, grammatical homonymy, phonetic homonymy (homophony), complex homonymy, opposite homonymy and contextual homonymy. In addition, these different types of homonymy are represented through literary devices like lingual trigonometry, pun, contrast, distribution, resemblance. In the literature, this linguistic device creates a paradoxical new space for addresser’s creative interpretation.