Article

Name: Identical synonyms in a dictionary and in a text

Authors: Oleg I. Nedostup

Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

In the section Linguistics

Abstract: The analysis mechanism of system and functional properties of units, classified by linguists to absolute synonyms, is represented in the article in example of the synonymous pair octopus – ‘sprut’. It reflects the dominant positions about relativity of «absolute synonyms» notion and constant process of their reduction in the modern Russian language.

Keywords: absolute / exact synonyms, dictionary and contextual aspects of synonyms seman-tic values, the degree of semantic discretion; synonymy and polysemy

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