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英语词汇学7-250081.ppt

II. Antonymy 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 three major groups. 1. Types of Antonyms (1)Contradictory terms/Binary antonyms/complementaries These antonyms truly represent oppositeness of meaning. They are so opposed to each other that they are mutually exclusive and admit no possibility between them. The assertion of one is the denial of the other. In other words, if one of the pair is true, then the other cannot be. agree vs disagree alive

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