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LSA also captures contextual use of words, synonymy, etc.
For words which might seem to be synonyms, such as soda vs. pop, or yes vs. yup, there is normally a difference in dialect, formality, or other contextual factors governing the use of the word.
In all such cases, the narrower meaning has developed from the constant use of the word in a more specialized context, and the contextual presuppositions of the word have in time become part of its meaning.
First, the use of the word "tiny".
2. The use of the word 'boyfriend'boyfriend
Warning: use of the word "zeitgeist" approaching.
Part of the answer seems to be that when one is dealing, for example, with a concept that is distinctive of a particular author rather than common to a whole culture, one typically faces a problem of relative paucity and lack of contextual variety in the actual uses of the word available as empirical evidence from which to infer the rule for use, or usage, constitutive of its meaning.
No use of the kinder word "handicapped".
In addition, our database is the first to include information about the contextual diversity of the words and to provide good frequency estimates for multi-character words and the different syntactic roles in which the words are used.
Instead of using the word "jealous" use the word "envy".
What's more, it is contextual in the best sense of the word.
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