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'''Distinguished antonymy''' is used when a contrast between antonyms is explicitly remarked upon. As this sort of antonym is not used very often, it belongs to the group of residual antonyms. | '''Distinguished antonymy''' is used when a contrast between antonyms is explicitly remarked upon. As this sort of antonym is not used very often, it belongs to the group of [[Glossary:Residual_Antonyms| residual]] antonyms. | ||
==General pattern== | ==General pattern== | ||
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Distinguished antonymy
Pronounciation
/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃtˈæntənɪmi/
General definition
Distinguished antonymy is used when a contrast between antonyms is explicitly remarked upon. As this sort of antonym is not used very often, it belongs to the group of residual antonyms.
General pattern
The difference between X and Y....
Example
He still does not know the difference between right and wrong.
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]).