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Even <span style="color:darkblue">'''hard</span> currency has turned <span style="color:purple">soft</span>.''' | Even <span style="color:darkblue">'''hard'''</span> currency '''has turned <span style="color:purple">soft</span>.''' | ||
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* 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]). |
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Transitional Antonymy
Pronounciation
/trænˈzɪʃ(ə)nəl ˈæntənɪmi/
General definition
Transitional Antonymy is used to reinforce a shift or change from doing/being/having one thing to doing/being/having the opposite. As it is not a very common used type of antonymy, Transitional Antonymy is part of the so-called minor classes.
General pattern
X turns to Y
Example
Even hard currency has turned soft.
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]).