Abstract Sentences $$\varphi$$ φ and $$\psi$$ ψ are cognitive synonyms for one when they play the same role in one’s life. The notion is pervasive (Sect. 1), but elusive: it bound to be hyperintensional 2), excessive fine-graining would trivialize there reasons some coarse-graining 2.1). Conc...

In this article, ambiguity and synonymy effects were examined in lexical decision, naming, and semantic categorization tasks. Whereas the typical ambiguity advantage was observed in lexical decision and naming, an ambiguity disadvantage was observed in semantic categorization. In addition, a synonymy effect (slower latencies for words with many synonyms than for words with few synonyms) was obs...

In this study automatic lexical simplification via synonym replacement in Swedish was investigated using three different strategies for choosing alternative synonyms: based on word frequency, based on word length, and based on level of synonymy. These strategies were evaluated in terms of standardized readability metrics for Swedish, average word length, proportion of long words, and in relatio...