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That's <span style="color:purple">not little</span>, it's <span style="color:darkblue">big</span>. <br/> | That's <span style="color:purple">not little</span>, it's <span style="color:darkblue">big</span>. <br/> | ||
The public has cause for <span style="color:darkblue">pessimism</span>,<span style="color:purple">not optimism</span>. | The public has cause for <span style="color:darkblue">pessimism</span>,<span style="color:purple"> not optimism</span>. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* Jones, Stephen; Murphy, M. Lynne (2005). ''Using corpora to investigate antonym acquisition.'' International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 10:3. John Benjamin Publishing Company. | * 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]). | * Murphy, M. Lynne; Jones, Stephen (2008 November). ''Antonyms in children's and child-directed speech''. First language 28 (4[87]). | ||
Revision as of 15:10, 26 March 2013
Negated Antonymy
Pronounciation
/nɪˈɡeɪtɪt ˈæntənɪmi/
General definition
Negated Antonymy is used to emphasize one term by denying the other.
General pattern
X, not Y
Example
That's not little, it's big.
The public has cause for pessimism, not optimism.
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]).