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T1 Distributional changes in synonym sets: The case of fragrant, scented, and perfumed in 19th - and 20th -century American English
A1 Pettersson-Traba, Daniela
K1 Near synonymy
K1 Semantic change
K1 Diachrony
K1 Distributional semantics
K1 Attraction
K1 Differentiation
K1 Conditional inference trees
K1 Collocational networks
K1 American English
K1 Sweet-smelling
AB This chapter analyzes the diachronic development in 19th- and 20th-century American English of the synonyms fragrant, perfumed, and scented, which denote the concept sweet-smelling. Their distributional patterns are examined by means of conditional inference trees and collocational networks in order to (1) uncover distinctions in meaning between the synonyms and (2) determine the changes that the concept sweet-smelling has experienced and their effect on the relationship between the synonyms. Results indicate a significant split between entities denoting natural and artificial smells, associated with fragrant and perfumed, respectively. In turn, scented is common in both senses. Moreover, a significant increase of scented at the expense of fragrant and perfumed emerges over time, a fact which can be accounted for in terms of processes of attraction, differentiation, and ongoing replacement.
PB John Benjamins Publishing
SN 9789027210654
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32432
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32432
LA eng
NO Pettersson-Traba, Daniela. 2022. Distributional changes in synonym sets: The case of fragrant, scented, and perfumed in 19th- and 20th-century American English. In English Historical Linguistics: Historical English in Contact, ed. by Bettelou Los, Chris Cummins, Lisa Gotthard, Alpo Honkapohja & Benjamin Molineaux. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, vol. 359). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 119-142
NO Postprint version of accepted manuscript. The paper was published as: Pettersson-Traba, Daniela. 2022. Distributional changes in synonym sets: The case of fragrant, scented, and perfumed in 19th- and 20th-century American English. In English Historical Linguistics: Historical English in Contact, ed. by Bettelou Los, Chris Cummins, Lisa Gotthard, Alpo Honkapohja & Benjamin Molineaux. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, vol. 359). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.359.07pet
NO Proxectos do Grupo de Investigación Variación, Cambio Lingüística e Gramaticalización, coordinador pola Profa. Teresa Fanego Lema, con referencia ED481A-2016/168; ED431D 2017/09; ED431B 2017/12 da Xunta de Galicia e FFI2017-86884-P; PID2020-114604GB-100 do Gobierno de España.
DS Minerva
RD 27 abr 2026