Antonyms in English

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Synopsis
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.
Copyright:
2012

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780521761796
Related ISBNs:
9781139032384
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Caroline Willners, Steven Jones, Carita Paradis, M. Lynne Murphy
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Language Arts
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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