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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think you have a good point Rudy. Perhaps
languages create, borrow and retain words that have the same referent,
(loosely called synonyms) precisely in order to express different register,
speaker attitude, connotation, tenor and the like.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lou Hohulin's use of hyponyms to refer to words
that have the same referent but different manner, instrument, object or result,
seems very useful for understanding the kind of similarity of these
words.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Presumably, some words pairs of words vary in
both categories. So, for example we would expect to find some pairs of
words that vary in register (loosely synonymous) and also in manner or
degree (hyponomous), but still retaining the same referent. For example, in my
understanding, 'to cut an artery' uses commonplace register and the artery
may not be cut right through, but 'to sever an artery'
uses a technical register and suggests the artery is completely cut
through. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greg Mellow,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Owa Dictionary Project</DIV>
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<A title=rtroike@u.arizona.edu href="mailto:rtroike@u.arizona.edu">Rudolph C
Troike</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 15, 2005 2:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Lexicog] Re: Synonymy</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT><BR>I was interested in Greg Mellow's mention of 'big' and
'large'. Like Greg,<BR>I would consider them synonyms, but in the past several
years I've had<BR>occasion to note the use of 'big' in papers by non-native
English speaking<BR>grad students, and have somewhat compulsively felt the
need to change it<BR>to 'large', as 'big' seems stylistically inappropriate
for formal writing.<BR><BR>Rudy Troike<BR>U of Arizona<BR><BR><BR></TT>
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