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Preeyanan Assawawattanasuntorn. A corpus-based study of English near-synonyms : careful, cautious, and wary. Master's Degree(English Language Teaching). Thammasat University. Thammasat University Library. : Thammasat University, 2025.
A corpus-based study of English near-synonyms : careful, cautious, and wary
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This corpus-based study investigates the similarities and differences among the three synonymous adjectives: careful, cautious, and wary in terms of genre distribution, collocational patterns, semantic preference, and semantic prosody. Data were drawn from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The results reveal that careful occurs widely across both formal and informal genres, with the highest frequency in TV and movie subtitles. In contrast, cautious and wary are predominantly found in more formal genres, such as newspapers and academic text. Collocational patterns further distinguish that careful frequently co-occurs with nouns such as attention, consideration, analysis, planning, and examination, reflecting cognitive or analytical processes. Cautious commonly collocates with approach, optimism, step, investor, and consumer, indicating a financial or economic context. Wary tends to appear with nouns such as eye, investor, look, consumer, and glance, often relating to people or social perception. While cautious and wary share several collocates and semantic themes, careful does not overlap significantly with either. In terms of semantic prosody, careful and cautious exhibit neutral tones, whereas wary is generally associated with a more negative connotation. These findings demonstrate that, despite their synonymous definitions, careful, cautious, and wary are not fully interchangeable across contexts due to distinct linguistic and semantic patterns.
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Name: Vanlee Siriganjanavong
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2025
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2025-12-12
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2025-12-12
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DegreeName: Master of Arts
Level: Master's Degree
Descipline: English Language Teaching
Grantor: Thammasat University
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Preeyanan Assawawattanasuntorn
| Title | Contributor | Type |
|---|---|---|
| A corpus-based study of English near-synonyms : careful, cautious, and wary
มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ Preeyanan Assawawattanasuntorn | Vanlee Siriganjanavong | วิทยานิพนธ์/Thesis |
Vanlee Siriganjanavong