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000130056 100__ $$aPetterson-Traba, Daniela
000130056 245__ $$aDistributional changes in synonym sets: The case of fragrant, scented, and perfumed in 19th- and 20th-century American English
000130056 260__ $$aAmsterdam$$bJohn Benjamins Publishing Company$$c2022
000130056 300__ $$a119-142
000130056 520__ $$aThis chapter analyzes the diachronic development in 19th- and 20th-century American English of the synonyms fragrant, perfumed, and scented, which denote the concept sweet-smelling. Their distributional patterns are examined by means of conditional inference trees and collocational networks in order to (1) uncover distinctions in meaning between the synonyms and (2) determine the changes that the concept sweet-smelling has experienced and their effect on the relationship between the synonyms. Results indicate a significant split between entities denoting natural and artificial smells, associated with fragrant and perfumed, respectively. In turn, scented is common in both senses. Moreover, a significant increase of scented at the expense of fragrant and perfumed emerges over time, a fact which can be accounted for in terms of processes of attraction, differentiation, and ongoing replacement.
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000130056 773__ $$tEnglish Historical Linguistics: Historical English in contact
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