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Synonyms in corpus texts
Abstract
Conventional descriptions of synonymous items often concentrate on common semantic traits and the degree of semantic overlap they exhibit. Their aim is to offer classifications of synonymy rather than elucidating ways of establishing contextual meaning equivalence and the cognitive prerequisites for this. Generally, they lack explanations as to how synonymy is construed in actual language use. This paper investigates principles and cognitive devices of synonymy construction as they appear in corpus data, and focuses on questions of how meaning equivalence might be conceptualised by speakers.
Abstract
Conventional descriptions of synonymous items often concentrate on common semantic traits and the degree of semantic overlap they exhibit. Their aim is to offer classifications of synonymy rather than elucidating ways of establishing contextual meaning equivalence and the cognitive prerequisites for this. Generally, they lack explanations as to how synonymy is construed in actual language use. This paper investigates principles and cognitive devices of synonymy construction as they appear in corpus data, and focuses on questions of how meaning equivalence might be conceptualised by speakers.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
- Lexico-semantic relations in theory and practice 5
- Swedish opposites 15
- Using web data to explore lexico-semantic relations 49
- Synonyms in corpus texts 69
- Antonymy relations 95
- An empiricist’s view of the ontology of lexical-semantic relations 115
- The consistency of sense-related items in dictionaries 145
- Lexical-semantic and conceptual relations in GermaNet 163
- Index 185
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
- Lexico-semantic relations in theory and practice 5
- Swedish opposites 15
- Using web data to explore lexico-semantic relations 49
- Synonyms in corpus texts 69
- Antonymy relations 95
- An empiricist’s view of the ontology of lexical-semantic relations 115
- The consistency of sense-related items in dictionaries 145
- Lexical-semantic and conceptual relations in GermaNet 163
- Index 185
