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Download full textSikogukira, Matutin – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1994
This paper discusses the sense relation of synonymy, taking the view that this phenomenon should be understood as a gradual concept, a cline along which there are different degrees of synonymy. This view is consistent with the widely held opinion among semanticists that strict or absolute synonymy is rare in human language. A further step is taken…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies, Definitions
