Material on Antonymy

Videos

The following material is an adapted form of material created by student participants of the project e-Learning Resources for Semantics (e-LRS). Involved participant: Verena Sinkel.

Video introducing the general properties of antonyms

<mediaplayer>http://youtu.be/eUQ2IaBtt4s</mediaplayer>

Note:

• The part from 2:11 to 3:25 is not directly relevant for the topic. The core idea here is that two words can only be antonyms if they apply to the same things.

Video on typical uses of antonym pairs

<mediaplayer> http://youtu.be/L4S5JRh5vZs</mediaplayer>

Note:

• When the video talks about "sorts of antonymy", the use of antonyms in the same sentence is meant.

Video on the use of antonymy in language acquisition

<mediaplayer>http://youtu.be/o-LmyJuUdPg</mediaplayer>

Note:

• Sorts of antonymy is, again, used in the sense of sorts of the use of antonyms in the same sentence.
• Typos:
  • 4:12: sophisticated
  • 7:12: sensitive

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