Antonyms in English : construals, constructions and canonicity / Steven Jones [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Steven, 1974- author.

Series:

Studies in English language.

Studies in English language

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Synonyms and antonyms.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 170 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Antonymy and antonyms

Antonyms in context

Antonyms and canonicity

Antonyms in acquisition

Antonyms and negation

Antonyms as constructions

The cognitive construal account

Conclusions

looking backward, looking forward.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22463-2

1-139-23416-1

1-280-48558-2

1-139-23264-9

9786613580566

1-139-23041-7

1-139-22897-8

1-139-03238-0

1-139-23188-X

1-139-23342-4

OCLC:

780425821