A Corpus-Based Study on Synonym Usage Differences of English Adjectives “Good” “Wonderful” and “Outstanding”
Abstract
In the process of learning English, the importance of vocabulary is obvious, but the existence of a large number of synonyms in English has brought difficult challenges to teachers and students. In this paper, it takes some adjectives in English as an example, and uses
several words with increased relative difficulty, specifically “good”, “wonderful” and “outstanding”. Based on the perspective of corpus, through the English corpus LOCNESS and Chinese English learner corpus CLEC, it aims at analyze the different use of Chinese English
learners and English speakers, and to attempt to bring new inspiration and suggestions for vocabulary teaching in China.
several words with increased relative difficulty, specifically “good”, “wonderful” and “outstanding”. Based on the perspective of corpus, through the English corpus LOCNESS and Chinese English learner corpus CLEC, it aims at analyze the different use of Chinese English
learners and English speakers, and to attempt to bring new inspiration and suggestions for vocabulary teaching in China.
Keywords
Synonyms; Good; Wonderful; Outstanding
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i22.9704
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