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1. 1. A corpus-based case study of differences in meaningand usage of two near-synonyms. American awesome vs. British wicked

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Karin Rasmusson; [2010]
   Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : “Near-synonymy is the study of semantic relations between lexemes or constructions that possess a similar usage” (Glynn 2010: 2; Lyons 1995:60; Divjak 2006:21). In this study two near-synonyms awesome and wicked are to be looked more closely at. Near-synonyms have similar meanings but they do not mean exactly the same. READ MORE

3. 2. The use of arise and rise in present-day British & American English : A corpus based analysis of two verbs

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Alexander Lakaw; [2007]
   Keywords : corpus study; collocations; semantic prosody; semantic specialisation; synonymy; absolute synonyms; near-synonyms; language change;

   Abstract : This corpus based investigation deals with the present-day usage of and the semantic relation between the two verbs rise and arise. Concordance lines containing various forms of the two verbs in question have been taken from six different (sub)corpora and were examined in view of their collocational and semantic characteristics. READ MORE

4. 3. Why begin when you can commence - Aspects of near-synonymous verbs of Germanic and Romance origin

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Louise Eriksson; [2005]
   Keywords : near-synonymy; collocations; verbs of Germanic and Romance origin;

   Abstract : This essay is a corpus study, the aim of which is to investigate the usage of two near-synonymous verb pairs that descend from Germanic and Romance languages. The four verbs begin, commence, hate, and detest were chosen for the study. READ MORE