General definition of the phenomenon of synonyms in modern English

The actuality of this work caused by several important points. We seem to say that the problem of synonyms is one of the main difficult ones for the English language learners. It can be most clearly seen in the colloquial layer of a language, which, in its turn at high degree is supported by development of modern informational technologies and simplification of alive speech. As a result, a great number of new meanings of one and the same word appear in our vocabulary. So the significance of our work can be proved by the following reasons:
a) The problem of synonymy is one of the developing branches of vocabulary nowadays.
b) Synonymy reflects the general trend of enrichment of a language word-stock.
c) Synonymy is closely connected with the development of modern informational technologies.
d) Being a developing branch of linguistics it requires a special attention of teachers to be adequated to their specialization in English.
Having based upon the actuality of the theme we are able to formulate the general goals of our qualification work.
a) to study, analyze, and sum up all the possible changes happened in the studied branch of linguistics for the past fifty years;
b) to analyze what problems the interpreter face with while translating synonyms;
c) to demonstrate the significance of the problem for those who want to brush up their English.

Introduction 3
Chapter 1. General definition of the phenomenon of synonyms in modern English 5
1.1. Kinds of synonyms and their specific features 7
1.2. Distribution features of the English synonyms 16
1.3. Changeability and substitution of meanings 19
1.4. Semantic and functional relationship in synonyms 29
1.5. Interchangeable character of words and their synonymy 32
1.6. Combinability of synonyms 34
1.7. Conceptual synonymy 38
1.8. Synonymy and collocative meaning 44
1.9. Semantic peculiarities of synonyms 46
Chapter 2. Substantival synonymic rows and ways of their translation into Ukrainian. 48
2.1. Choice of the word from the synonymic row while translating 50
Conclusions. 55
References. 57