NEAR-SYNONYMY ANALYSIS OF THE DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES BEAUTIFUL IN ENGLISH AND LEP,-A,-O IN SERBIAN IN CONTRAST

Abstract

This paper focuses on the specific method of near-synonymy analysis in English and Serbian. Currently, this issue has been extensively researched in English through lexical choice analysis while using various mathematical equations to distinguish the proximity of meaning among the selected synonymous expressions. In this research paper, near synonyms are analysed through the most frequent collocational framework of the node word and the matching co-occurrences of its suggested near synonyms in Serbian as well as in English. Furthermore, this method is proposed as a useful means of selecting near synonyms within the forthcoming thesauri of the English and Serbian languages.