Identifying the relationships among program elements is useful for program understanding, debugging, and analysis. One such relationship is synonymy. Function synonyms are functions that play a similar role in code, e.g. functions that perform initialization for different device drivers, or functions that implement different symmetric-key encryption schemes. Function synonyms are not necessaril...

One of the most common lexical misuse problems in the second language context concerns near synonyms. Dictionaries and thesauri often overlook the nuances of near synonyms and make reference to near synonyms in providing definitions. The semantic differences and implications of near synonyms are not easily recognized and often fail to be acquired by L2 learners. This study addressed the distinc...

Studies on paraphrasing are important with respect to various research topics such as sentence generation, summarization, and question-answering. We consider the automatic extraction of synonyms (which are a kind of paraphrase) through the matching of word definitions from two dictionaries, and describe a new method for extracting paraphrases. Higher precision was obtained than with a conventio...

Semantic Representations of Near-Synonyms for Automatic Lexical Choice Philip Edmonds Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Department of Computer Science University of Toronto 1999 We develop a new computational model for representing the fine-grained meanings of nearsynonyms and the differences between them. We also develop a sophisticated lexical-choice process that can decide which of several near-...

This paper aims to explore how translators translate both the connotative and denotative meanings of near-synonyms from Quran into English language. The article will shed light on phenomenon near-synonymy, as well its translator’s background could have influenced their translation. There has been a dearth attention translation in Quran; accordingly, this study examines three pairs particular tr...

This article attempts to analyze the differences and similarities in domain, collocation, semantic prosody of Chinese synonyms “jiǎn, qiē, kǎn, gē” native language corpus learner corpus, using online retrieval tool Sketch Engine. Firstly, usage domains word frequency distributions these four verbs are statistically analyzed. Secondly, common collocations retrieved sorted based on LogDice values...

An approach for identifying authors using synonym sets is presented. Drawing on modern psycholinguistic research, we justify the basis of our theory. Having formally defined the operations needed to algorithmically determine authorship, we present the results of applying our method to a corpus of classic literature. We argue that this technique of author recognition is both accurate as an autho...

We describe seven new species of Selaginellasubg.Stachygynandrum (Selaginellaalstonii, Selaginellablepharodella, Selaginellacrinita, Selaginellamucronata, Selaginellamucugensis, Selaginellasaltuicola, and Selaginellasematophylla) from Brazil and discuss their possible affinities and conservation status. Scanning electron micrographs of stem sections, leaves, and spores are provided to illustrat...

Five new species of Paectes Hübner [1818] related to Paectes arcigera (Guenée) (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad) and Paectes longiformis Pogue (Brazil) are described: Paectes asper sp. n. (Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Domini...