Near synonyms and the feature of word sketch difference of the sketch engine: a case study of the english adjectives brave: courageous
The study examines a linguistic phenomenon of near synonyms investigated by one of the features in a corpus tool of Sketch Engine namely Word Sketch Difference. The feature functions to compare and contrast two words through collocation analysis by presenting their collocates categorized on the basis of grammatical relation. Using the data derived from the English Web Corpus 2013 (enTenTen13), the present research aims to explore near synonyms by observing the usage of the English adjectives Brave: Courageous by employing the analyses of collocation.