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Author Jones, Steven, 1974-

Title Antonymy : a corpus based perspective / Steven Jones
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages)
Series Routledge advances in corpus linguistics
Routledge advances in corpus linguistics.
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 The unique fascination' of antonymy; 2 A brief history of antonymy; 3 Approaching antonymy afresh: issues of data and methodology; 4 New classes of antonymy I: Ancillary Antonymy; 5 New classes of antonymy II: Coordinated Antonymy; 6 New classes of antonymy III: minor classes; 7 The endemicity of antonymy; 8 Antonym sequence; 9 Antonymy, word class and gradability; 10 Tomorrow's antonyms; 11 Antonymy: past, present and future; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Antonymy is the technical name used to describe 'opposites', pairs of words such as rich/poor, love/hate and male/female. This book provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the phenomenon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-190) and index
Notes English
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Subject Antonyms -- Data processing
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Semantics.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203166256
9780203166253
0415263743
9780415263740
1138963631
9781138963634