Abstract
AbstractThis study applies the semantic specification and decomposition methods to the analysis of the near synonyms of Chinese touch verbs, 触 chù “touch”, 碰 pèng “touch”, 拍 pāi ”pat”, 拭 shì “wipe”, 弹 tán “flick”, and 抚fú “caress” and the measuring of the semantic distance among them. The semantic properties within the verb roots are classified as the basic semantic features for the analysis. The purpose of examining both semantic and syntactic features as the starting point for the analysis is to distinguish more effectively the differences among the near-synonyms when they are formed with other words into set phrases. The results of this research can contribute to the learning and dictionary compilation of near-synonyms in Chinese.Keywordslexical semanticstouch verbsnear-synonymssemantic propertiessemantic decomposition
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