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OverviewThe 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steven Jones (University of Manchester) , M. Lynne Murphy (University of Sussex) , Carita Paradis (Lunds Universitet, Sweden) , Caroline Willners (Lunds Universitet, Sweden)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) ISBN: 9781139032384ISBN 10: 1139032380 Publication Date: 05 March 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. Antonymy and antonyms; 2. Antonyms in context; 3. Antonyms and canonicity; 4. Antonyms in acquisition; 5. Antonyms and negation; 6. Antonyms as constructions; 7. The cognitive construal account; 8. Conclusions - looking backward, looking forward.ReviewsAuthor InformationSteven Jones is Senior Lecturer in English Language in the School of Education at the University of Manchester. M. Lynne Murphy is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics in the School of English at the University of Sussex. Carita Paradis is Full Professor in the Centre for Languages and Literature at Lund University, Sweden. Caroline Willners is a researcher in Linguistics in the Centre for Languages and Literature at Lund University, Sweden. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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