Analysis of the Near-synonyms Based on COCA Corpus—Taking Oppose,Defy and Protest as an Example
Near-synonyms analysis has always been a major difficulty in English learning and the emergence of corpora provides a powerful tool for English teaching.Based on the COCA corpus,this paper takes three verbs"oppose""defy"and"protest"as an exam-ple,and analyzes from four perspectives:word frequency,domain distribution,collocation and semantic rhyme.Through the analysis of word frequency,register distribution,collocation,and semantic rhyme,it is found that although these three words all have the meaning of"resistance",they have significant differences in pragmatic environment,emotional color,and semantic tendency.This article aims to provide some insight for English learning.
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