Overview

Antonymy is the technical name used to describe 'opposites', pairs of words such as rich / poor, love / hate and male / female. Antonyms are a ubiquitous part of everyday language, and this book provides a detailed, comprehensive account of the phenomenon. As well as re-appraising traditional semantic theory and re-evaluating existing categories of antonymy, the book raises wider issues, including questions such as: Where do new atonyms come from? Which pairs can be regarded as 'good opposites'? Why do atonyms tend to favour a particular sequence in text? Does word class affect the function of antyonymy? These questions are addressed from a corpus-based perspective, using statistical evidence from a database of 3,000 sentences retrieved from a 280-million word corpus of newspaper text. Fresh, empirical statements are made about antonymy, and over 350 authentic examples of 'opposites' are recorded and analysed. This book demonstrates how traditional linguistic theory can be revisited, updated and challenged in the corpus age. It will be essential reading for scholars interested in antonymy and corpus linguistics.

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Author:   Steven Jones
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v.2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415263740

ISBN 10:   0415263743
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   28 March 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. The 'Unique Fascination' of Antonymy2. A Brief History of Antonymy3. Approaching Antonymy Afresh: Issues of Data and Methodology4. New Classes of Antonymy I: Ancillary Antonymy5. New Classes of Antonymy II: Coordinated Antonymy6. New Classes of Antonymy III: Minor Classes7. The Endemicity of Antonymy8. Antonym Sequence9. Antonymy, Word Class and Gradability10. Tomorrow's Antonyms11. Antonymy: Past, Present and Future

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