Cheater's Selfish-Synonymy

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Abstract

The February issue (WW 04-45) gave the results of my systematic search for coincidental self-synonymy: pairs of words that are unrelated etymologically but via convergent evolution happen to be spelled the same and c. mean the same. I extended the coverage to near-synonymic pairs as well and to unrelated contronymic (self-opposite) pairs.

Recommended Citation

(2004) "Cheater's Selfish-Synonymy," Word Ways: Vol. 37 : Iss. 2 , Article 18.
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