RT Dissertation/Thesis
T1 A corpus-based study on near-synonymy: The concept PLEASANT SMELLING in 19th- and 20th-century American English
A1 Pettersson-Traba, Daniela
K1 Near-synonymy
K1 Historical linguistics
K1 Semantic change
K1 Distributional corpus-based approach
K1 Collocation
K1 Pleasant smelling
K1 American English
AB This dissertation examines the distributional patterns of the five adjectival near-synonyms fragrant, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, and sweet-smelling, which designate the concept PLEASANT SMELLING in American English by paying special attention to their diachronic development, as represented in the Corpus of Historical American English (1810-2009). The distribution of the selected adjectives is analyzed across a wide range of semantic, morphosyntactic, and stylistic contexts which function as a proxy for semantic similarity. Three separate analyses are conducted, focusing on different aspects of the semantic structure of the near-synonyms. Results indicate that the set is undergoing processes of convergence and substitution, possibly as a result of extralinguistic factors. Therefore, the analyses shed light on the diachronic development of lexical near-synonyms, a dimension that has up to now been relatively disregarded in the  specialized literature. 
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26054
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26054
LA eng
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026