Identical synonyms in a dictionary and in a text

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Identical synonyms in a dictionary and in a text
Авторы (текстом)
Oleg I. Nedostup
Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Ключевые слова
absolute / exact synonyms, dictionary and contextual aspects of synonyms seman-tic values, the degree of semantic discretion; synonymy and polysemy
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.

Bibliographic reference
Oleg I. Nedostup Identical synonyms in a dictionary and in a text
// Сибирский филологический журнал. 2010. № 3. Pp. 122–126.