Abstract

This work to investigate the difference between these synonyms by analyzing the semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic characteristics of the modern Chinese verb synonym group ‘增加-增高-增多-增长-增添’, which represents the ‘meaning of increase’. Synonyms role in enhancing language expressiveness and diversifying sentences, but it is also the most difficult learning target for second-foreign language learners. Interpretation of meanings in a Chinese-Korean dictionary or thesaurus has a limitation in not providing sufficient information to learners. Accordingly, this study Using the index function of the a representative Chinese corpus BCC, ‘collocation’ that have meaningfully related with the synonym group ‘增X’ are extracted and the validity of the examples. By examining the actual usage and characteristics of the extracted collocation, we want to reveal the commonalities and differences of each synonym.

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