正文內容

antonymy-and-hyponymy-wenkub.com

2026-07-23 19:06 本頁面

　　

【正文】 In this sentence, man signifies ?human being?, naturally including woman, but not vice versa. ? The same is true of tall/short, old/young. In each pair, the second term is more restricted in use than the first, . ? [a] How tall is his brother? [b] How short is his brother? ? So far as the meaning is concerned, sentence [ a ] includes the meaning of [b]. The use of tall does not exclude the possibility of his brother being very short. But sentence [b] is much more restricted in sense and is considered semantically abnormal unless the speaker is particularly interested in the ?shortness? of his brother or curious enough to find out how short his brother is. The Use of Antonyms ? 1) Antonyms have various practical uses and have long proved helpful and valuable in defining the meanings of words. ? Example 1: “fresh” ? fresh bread, fresh air, fresh flowers, fresh look ? antonyms: ? stale bread, stuffy air, faded flowers, tired look. ? Example 2 ? Unlike her gregarious sister, Mary is a shy, unsociable person. ? 2) Antonyms are useful in enabling us to express economically the opposite of a particular thought, often for the sake of contrast. Many idioms are formed with antonyms. They look neat and pleasant, and sound rhythmic. ? . rain or shine now or never here and there thick and thin friend or foe give and take ? 3) Antonyms are often used to form antithesis to achieve emphasis by putting contrasting ideas together. Proverbs and sayings provide us with good examples: Easy e, easy go. More haste, less speed . United we stands, divided we fall. ? We find ourselves rich in goods but ragged in spirit, reaching with magnificent precision for the moon but falling in a raucous discord on earth. We are caught in war wanting peace. We39。 Hyponymy II. Antonymy ? types of antonyms ? characteristics of antonyms ? use of antonyms ? Definition ? Antonymy is concerned with semantic opposition. ? Antonyms can be defined as words which are opposite in meaning. ? There are a variety of ?oppositeness?. They can be classified into four major groups. ? Types of anto

點擊復制文檔內容

外語相關推薦

antonymy-and-hyponymy-wenkub.com

認識鐘表pptppt-資料下載頁

愛蓮說ppt[1]ppt-資料下載頁

白公鵝pptppt-資料下載頁

戊道子pptppt-資料下載頁

優秀ppt餃子ppt課件-資料下載頁

[ppt模板]ppt圖標素材-資料下載頁

窮人ppt課件ppt(2)-資料下載頁

[ppt模板]精美ppt模板-資料下載頁

[ppt模板]愛心ppt-資料下載頁

[ppt模板]商用ppt-資料下載頁

軍事ppt模版ppt課件-資料下載頁

山中訪友pptppt-資料下載頁

1、草原pptppt-資料下載頁

16絕招pptppt-資料下載頁

畫楊桃pptppt課件-資料下載頁

antonymy-and-hyponymy-文庫吧資料

antonymy-and-hyponymy-展示頁

antonymy-and-hyponymy-在線瀏覽

antonymy-and-hyponymy-閱讀頁

antonymy-and-hyponymy(文件)