Antonyms in English

Construals, Constructions and Canonicity

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
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Author: Steven Jones, M. Lynne Murphy, Carita Paradis, Caroline Willners ISBN: 9781139234160
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: February 23, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Steven Jones, M. Lynne Murphy, Carita Paradis, Caroline Willners
ISBN: 9781139234160
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: February 23, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

The study of antonyms (or 'opposites') in a language can provide important insight into word meaning and discourse structures. This book provides an extensive investigation of antonyms in English and offers an innovative model of how we mentally organize concepts and how we perceive contrasts between them. The authors use corpus and experimental methods to build a theoretical picture of the antonym relation, its status in the mind and its construal in context. Evidence is drawn from natural antonym use in speech and writing, first-language antonym acquisition, and controlled elicitation and judgements of antonym pairs by native speakers. The book also proposes ways in which a greater knowledge of how antonyms work can be applied to the fields of language technology and lexicography.

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The study of antonyms (or 'opposites') in a language can provide important insight into word meaning and discourse structures. This book provides an extensive investigation of antonyms in English and offers an innovative model of how we mentally organize concepts and how we perceive contrasts between them. The authors use corpus and experimental methods to build a theoretical picture of the antonym relation, its status in the mind and its construal in context. Evidence is drawn from natural antonym use in speech and writing, first-language antonym acquisition, and controlled elicitation and judgements of antonym pairs by native speakers. The book also proposes ways in which a greater knowledge of how antonyms work can be applied to the fields of language technology and lexicography.

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