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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=406542422-12042005></SPAN><SPAN
class=406542422-12042005>I agree with </SPAN>E<SPAN
class=406542422-12042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>ugene Nida
(United Bible Society) who said "there are no
synonyms",</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=406542422-12042005>connotatively
speaking.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=406542422-12042005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=406542422-12042005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>W<SPAN class=406542422-12042005>ho can mention a true synonym
denotatively speaking?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=406542422-12042005>Fritz
Goerling </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT>What kinds of experiences have you all had when trying to
elicit synonyms <BR>from speakers of a language?<BR><BR>Do you sometimes get a
response something like, "Oh, there is a little <BR>difference between those
words," confirming what many lexicographers and <BR>semanticians has claimed,
that there are seldom true synonyms in a
language?<BR><BR>Wayne<BR>-----<BR>Wayne Leman<BR>Cheyenne website: <A
href="http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language">http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language</A>
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