38. The method of claim 37 , wherein determining that a term of the query phrase is a lexical synonym of a corresponding term of the synonym phrase or shares meaning with the corresponding term of the synonym phrase includes determining that the query term and the term of the synonym phrase share a common stem.
37. The method of claim 35 , wherein determining that a term of the query phrase is a lexical synonym of a corresponding term of the synonym phrase or shares meaning with the corresponding term of the synonym phrase comprises lexically comparing the term of the query phrase and the term of the synonym phrase.