The Development of the Concept of SMELL in American English: A Usage-Based View of Near-Synonymy

· Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL] Book 51 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
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The book examines adjectival near-synonyms from the understudied
semantic domain of PLEASANT SMELL in the history of American
English. Previously, synchronic quantitative methods have rarely been
applied to the historical investigation of synonymy. As a result, the book
offers rich new insights into the factors infl uencing lexical choice in English.
The book examines adjectival near-synonyms from the understudied semantic domain of PLEASANT SMELL in the history of American English. Previously, synchronic quantitative methods have rarely been applied to the historical investigation of synonymy. As a result, the book offers rich new insights i...

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Daniela Pettersson-Traba, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
Daniela Pettersson-Traba, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.

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