Competition of synonyms through time: Conceptual and social salience factors and their interrelations

This paper highlights three theoretical and descriptive insights into synonymy and lexical variation and change: (1) the diachronic development of synonymous forms reveals essential aspects about the nature and motivations of synonymy; (2) the emergence and competition of synonymous forms can either...

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Main Author: Augusto Soares da Silva
Format: article
Language:CA
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Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2015
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/9ecbf4ea78e6415592e98a99083beb81
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