Glossary:Distinguished Antonymy

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]).