ANTONYMS ANOTHER VIEW A NEW CONCEPT The view

ANTONYMS… ANOTHER VIEW …

A NEW CONCEPT… The view that say antonym is the oppositeness of meaning is not totally adequate because some words have no real oppositeness. Example : �Hot is not the opposite of cold �Borrow is not the opposite of lend

FOUR TYPES OF ANTONYMS… 1. Binary antonym � They are predicates which come in pairs and between them exhaust all the relevant possibilities. � If the one predicate is applicable, then the other cannot be � Example: True x false If a sentence is true, it cant be false Alive x dead If someone is alive, he / she cant be dead

2. Converse � If a predicate describes a relationship between two things (people) and some other predicate describe the same relationship when the two things (people) are mentioned in the opposite order � Example: Parent and Child X is the parent of Y describes the same situation as Y is the child of X Below x Above X is below Y describes the same situation as Y is above X

3. Gradable Antonym � Two predicates are gradable antonyms if they are at opposite ends of a continuous scale of values. � Example: Hot and Cold Between hot and cold is continuous scales of values ; warm, cool Young and Old Between young and old is continuous scales of values ; teenagers, adult

4. Contradictory A proposition is a contradictory of another proposition if it is impossible for them both to be true at the same and of the same circumstances. Example: 1. This beetle is alive is a contradictory of this beetle is dead. 2. Brutus killed Caesar is a contradictory of Caesar killed Brutus

Now, find 3 examples of each type of antonyms and give explanation !