Glossary:Residual Antonyms
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Residual antonyms
Pronounciation
/rɪˈzɪdjuəl ˈæntənɪmz/
General definition
Residual antonyms is a cover term for several splinter groups of antonyms which are not worth mentioning in English adult language as they only affect a really small number of antonym occurences.
Phenomena grouped under this umbrella term
- Comparative Antonymy
- Distinguished Antonymy
- Interrogative Antonymy
- Negated Antonymy
- Transitional Antonymy
References
- Jones, Stephen; Murphy, M. Lynne (2005). Using corpora to investigate antonym acquisition. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 10:3. John Benjamin Publishing Company.
- Murphy, M. Lynne; Jones, Stephen (2008 November). Antonyms in children's and child-directed speech. First language 28 (4[87]).