Glossary:Residual Antonyms

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]).