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Milky Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Synonymity

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00A grammar is all one needs to get basic principles in a language and communicate at a rudimentary level. 02br
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0To me, the first reassures, while the second cautions. 02br 02br 00MrP0-

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  • 0To me, the first reassures, while the second cautions.
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0To me, the first reassures, while the second cautions. So I wouldn't call them synonymous.02br
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10Could we say they are semantically synonymous, but not pragmatically synonymous?0-
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0There are one or two differences. For instance, in #1, getting the basic principles and communicating 01i00may02i00 be two separate things; whereas in #2, the latter follows from the former.02br
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