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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 Background
2.1 Synonymy
2.1.1 Degrees of Synonymy
2.1.2 Foreign Loans as a Source of Synonymy in English
2.2 Register
2.2.1 Components of a Register
2.2.2 Register and Formality
2.2.3 The Registers in COCA
3 Study
3.1 Finding Sample Synonyms
3.2 Method
4 Analysis
4.1 Couch vs . Sofa
4.2 Enemy vs. Foe
4.3 Noon vs. Midday
4.4 Start [V], Begin, and Commence
4.5 Stroll, Amble, and Saunter as Verbs
4.6 Annual vs. Yearly as Adjectives
4.7 Adept vs. Skillful / Skilful
4.8 Maybe vs. Perhaps as Adverbs
4.9 Synonymous Adverbs Referring to Frequency and Infrequency
4.10 Probably vs. likely [ADV]
5 Discussion
5.1 Preference for One Synonym over Another
5.2 Patterns of Register-based Distribution
5.3 Origin as a Constraint
6 Conclusion
References
Appendix
- Quote paper
- Claus Arnold (Author), 2012, Synonymy and Register. A Corpus-based Study in American English, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/287190
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