and quickly speedily preposition – and on upon Note that synonyms are defined with respect to certain senses of words; for instance, as the pupil in the iris “aperture is not synonymous with Likewise, of the student. he eye” means the same as yet expired he died, my passport has cannot be replaced by expired my passport has died. In English, many synonyms emerged in the Middle Ages, after the Norman conquest of England. While England’s new ruling class spoke Norman French, the lower classes continued to speak Old English (Anglo-Saxon). Thus, today we have synonyms like the Norman-derived people, liberty and and the Saxon-derived and archer, folk, freedom bowman. Some lexicographers claim that no synonyms have exactly the same meaning (in all contexts or social levels of language) because etymology, orthography, phonic qualities, ambiguous meanings, usage, etc. make them unique. Different words that have similar meaning usually differ for a reason: is more formal than and are only feline cat; long extended synonyms in one usage and not in others (for example, a long is not the same as Synonyms are also a arm an extended arm). source of euphemisms. In contemporary research the term synonyms may be used for words with the same denotation, or the same denotative component, but differing in connotations, or connotative components. Types of Semantic Components The leading semantic component in the semantic structure of a word is usually termed (or sometimes denotative referential) The denotative component expresses component. the conceptual content of a word. The following list presents denotative components of some English verbs:
quickly and speedily – preposition on and upon Note that synonyms are defined with respect to certain senses of words; for instance, pupil as the “aperture in the iris of the eye” is not synonymous with student. Likewise, he expired means the same as he died, yet my passport has expired cannot be replaced by my passport has died. In English, many synonyms emerged in the Middle Ages, after the Norman conquest of England. While England’s new ruling class spoke Norman French, the lower classes continued to speak Old English (Anglo-Saxon). Thus, today we have synonyms like the Norman-derived people, liberty and archer, and the Saxon-derived folk, freedom and bowman. Some lexicographers claim that no synonyms have exactly the same meaning (in all contexts or social levels of language) because etymology, orthography, phonic qualities, ambiguous meanings, usage, etc. make them unique. Different words that have similar meaning usually differ for a reason: feline is more formal than cat; long and extended are only synonyms in one usage and not in others (for example, a long arm is not the same as an extended arm). Synonyms are also a source of euphemisms. In contemporary research the term synonyms may be used for words with the same denotation, or the same denotative component, but differing in connotations, or connotative components. Types of Semantic Components The leading semantic component in the semantic structure of a word is usually termed denotative (or sometimes referential) component. The denotative component expresses the conceptual content of a word. The following list presents denotative components of some English verbs: