Homonyms in the modern Karakalpak language: general theoretical questions

In the modern Karakalpak language, the phenomenon of homonymy is widely developed. This phenomenon attracts many linguists to study its problems and try to classify homonyms in the Karakalpak language. But, despite the fact that the study of homonymy has been conducted for a long time, there is still no generally accepted definition of homonyms, no established terminology in this area. The most general definition of homonymy suitable for any language level considers homonyms language signs that have identical signifiers but different signifiers. In the linguistic literature, there is no unity of views on the phenomenon called homonymy. At the same time, we are talking not only about the different use of the term homonym, which in itself would not be such a big trouble, but rather about the different definition of the word, about the different approach to what are the possible differences between individual specific cases of the use of the same word, i.e. what differences between such cases are compatible and which, on the contrary, are incompatible with the identity of the word. In this paper, we plan to make an outline of the problem at hand. Also, in this article, an attempt will be made to bring the points of view of different researchers and to draw a conclusion about the significance of homonyms in the Karakalpak language.