A WordNet-based near-synonyms and similar-looking word learning system

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-134

  Sun, Koun Tem ^a   Huang, Yueh Min ^b   Liu, Ming Chi ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Discovery learning; Near synonyms; Similar looking words; Vocabulary learning; WordNet

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952847872     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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