Study on English Antonyms Application 英语专业(毕业论文).docVIP

Study on English Antonyms Application Abstract: English is a language phenomenon that is an important antonyms for its unique rhetorical function, often in the daily life and the literary works are widely used. Especially when literature masters in characters, depict situations, describing the psychological, statement or refute views, but excels using antonyms are controlled, contradiction and inverse that decorate, thereby to increase the literary works of art charm and eloquence persuasive. In contrast, the reference of linguistics research, the definition of antonyms, the types and rhetorical functions of standard for further exploration and study. 摘要: 英语反义词这一重要语言现象因其独特的修辞功能, 常常在日常生活及文学作品中得以广泛运用。尤其当文学大师们在塑造人物、描绘情景、描写心理、陈述或反驳观点等的时候, 更是擅长运用反义词进行逆说、对照、矛盾修饰等, 从而为文学作品增添了浓郁的艺术魅力和雄辩的说服力。本文对比、借鉴语言学界的诸多研究, 对反义词的界定标准、类型及修辞功能进行了进一步的探索和研究。 Key words: Antonyms, British and American literature, application English dictionary definitions of antonyms in the specified in part as follows: (1).word of opposite meaning; (2).word that is contrary in meaning to another (Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English, 1982); (3).a word that is opposite in meaning to another word (Collin s Concise English Dictionary, 1978); (4).a word of opposite meaning (Webster’s Third New International Dictionary , 1976) ; (5).words that are opposite Above all, only emphasizes the definition of the opposite sex or antonyms meanings of words and relativity of the opposite way and no specific instructions, for example, hot and cold stands for dead and alive with lend, with each word borrow etc between the opposite way is not exactly the same. These concepts are emphasized the difference between semantic antonyms, and ignored them in grammar and pragmatic aspects, such as the consistency or similarity with cold stands for your thing, and marriage, beauty and ugly word can say such groups because they while antonym, contrary to the semantic equivalent, but theyre not the grammatical units.