Synonymy and Word Equivalence
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چکیده
Two words which share a sense are commonly called synonyms. They are equivalent in the context of that sense, and can be used interchangeably in a sentence which utilizes that sense. Two words are rarely synonyms for each other for all of their senses. With the advent of on-line-accessible lexicons it is possible to identify those words which are, in all contexts, interchangeable or `equivalent'. This paper describes an analysis of synonym sets (`semi-colon groups') in Roget's International Thesaurus (RIT3) in regard to such equivalence.
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