Preferred Synonyms for Each Noun of 279 Synonym Pairs.

Wilding, John; Mohindra, Naresh

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ERIC Number: EJ279172

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Publication Date: 1983-Feb

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Preferred Synonyms for Each Noun of 279 Synonym Pairs.

Wilding, John; Mohindra, Naresh

British Journal of Psychology, v74 n1 p91-106 Feb 1983

Investigated the most popular synonym for each word in a pair. Subjects (N=100) in two groups produced the noun they felt was closest in meaning to each of 279 nouns. Tables are provided showing the preferred synonym and number of subjects using it and comparisons to a previous experiment. (Author/JAC)

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Skills, Memory, Perception, Semantics, Word Recognition

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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