(Linguistics) Paraphrase. Modeling of Linguistic Paraphrase - Literary Theory, Linguistics and Stylistics

French Literature Reviews - 2026

(Linguistics) Paraphrase. Modeling of Linguistic Paraphrase
Literary Theory, Linguistics and Stylistics

Jasmina Milicevic

La paraphrase. Modélisation de la paraphrase langagière

Peter Lang Verlag
coll. "Sciences pour la communication"
Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2007
XVI, 400 p.
ISBN: 978-3-03-911197-8

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The study of paraphrase occupies a central position within linguistics, particularly in the fields of semantics and syntax, where researchers examine how different linguistic structures can convey identical or near-identical meanings. By focusing on the modeling of linguistic paraphrase, La paraphrase. Modélisation de la paraphrase langagière situates itself within the broader tradition of structural and functional linguistics that seeks to formalize the relationship between form and content.

Readers interested in the formal representation of semantic variation may find this examination of linguistic modeling relevant. The study of paraphrase involves analyzing how language users navigate synonymy and syntactic variation to express the same underlying information, contributing to the ongoing discussion regarding how meaning is preserved or altered through structural changes.