Explorations in Semantic Prosodies Study Based on Near Synonyms
Chenjiao Yang · Evaluation of educational research. · 2024
The concept of semantic prosody was frst introduced to the public by Bill Louw in 1993. From then on it has become major issue through the current research which semantic prosody can be integrated into discourse analysis, speaker s attitude evaluation and vocabulary learning, etc. In this article, the author reviews studies of semantic prosodies of near synonyms in order to introduce the special function and feature of semantic prosody in near synonym distinction and give new insights into near synonym study.