A term in one language rarely has an absolute synonymous meaning in the same language; besides, it rarely has an equivalent meaning in an L2. English synonyms of seeing and hearing are particularly grammatically and semantically different. Frame semantics is a good tool for discovering differences between synonymous words in L2 and differences between supposed L1 and L2 equivalents. Vocabulary ...

a term in one language rarely has an absolute synonymous meaning in the same language; besides, it rarely has an equivalent meaning in an l2. english synonyms of seeing and hearing are particularly grammatically and semantically different. frame semantics is a good tool for discovering differences between synonymous words in l2 and differences between supposed l1 and l2 equivalents. vocabulary ...

18 Frames are conceptual structures that provide context for elements of in19 terpretation; their primary role in an account of text understanding is to 20 explain how our text interpretations can leap far beyond what the text lit21 erally says. The present article explores the role of frames in providing a 22 principled account of the openness and richness of word-meanings, distin23 guishing a...