Synonym Success—Thanks to the Thesaurus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15015512 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lee Mountain (University of Houston, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 318-324 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-3004 • E-ISSN: 1936-2706 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1598/jaal.51.4.3 |
| OpenAlex | W2140526965 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
After a class of ninth graders discovered the helpfulness of the thesaurus in such synonym activities as Synonym Tic‐Tac‐Toe and Cross‐Synonym Puzzles, they started using the thesaurus to locate “the exactly right word” while drafting compositions. They also enriched their oral vocabularies during these activities by discussing synonyms from the thesaurus and using them in context. Synonym wordplay turned the thesaurus into a popular and effective reference book for vocabulary development
Biology · Class (philosophy · Context (archaeology · Helpfulness · Information retrieval · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Synonym (taxonomy · Thesaurus · Vocabulary · World Wide Web · Zoology · Computer Science · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · linguistics and terminology studies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |