Quality, not quantity, impacts the differentiation of near-synonyms

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Abstract How much information do language users need to differentiate potentially absolute synonyms into near-synonyms? consistent must the be? We present two simple experiments designed investigate this. After exposure novel verbs, participants generalized them positive or negative contexts. In Experiment 1, there was a tendency across conditions for verbs become differentiated by context, even following inconsistent, random, neutral about context during exposure. While subset of matched input probabilities, high proportion did not. As consequence, overall pattern growth in differentiation that not closely track distributions. Rather, were main patterns: When each verb had been presented consistently overwhelmingly specialized both their output. this case, tended partially differentiated, with one becoming and other remaining less specialized. 2 replicated expanded on 1 addition pragmatic judgment task contexts at test. Its results supporting conclusion quality may be more important than quantity synonyms.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Language and Cognition

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['1866-9859', '1866-9808']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2023.29