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The purpose of this paper is to reveal why synonymy blocking is not applied to some denominal verbs such as brush and comb by analyzing the meanings of noun-to-verb conversion pairs. In this respect, this paper deals with two issues: conversion, one of the economical and productive word-formation rules for the creation of new words and synonymous blocking, restraint on generating redundant words. Blocking occurs when an existing word can only block a newly derived one if they are completely synonymous. Classical examples for blocking are the blocking of *stealer because of existence of thief. There are, however, some cases where blocking does not occur in noun-to-verb conversion pairs. Although a word sweep is a well-established word in the lexicon, a verb broom is derived from its parent noun form through conversion. Likewise, converted verbs brush and comb appearing to be synonymous do not block each other in the process of derivation. In this sense, it is necessary to analyze the meanings of noun-to-verb conversion pairs in order to reveal the reason that synonymy blocking is overridden in denominal verbs. As an attempt to identify complete synonymy between existing words and derived words, this paper looks into three respects: how to capture conceptual contiguity between parent nouns and its derived verbs, how to understand the conceptual difference between existing verbs and denominal verbs, and why conversion pairs like brush and comb appear to be synonymous.
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Synonymy Blocking, Denominal Verb, Conversion, Conceptual Contiguity
