Glossary:Negated Antonymy
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Negated Antonymy
Pronounciation
/nɪˈɡeɪtɪt ˈæntənɪmi/
General definition
Negated Antonymy is used to emphasize one term by denying the other. This sort of antonym is part of the minor classes (see Interrogative,Distinguished, Transitional and Comparative Antonymy.
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]).