Antonyms – what is it?

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this AntonymsAntonyms – opposed to each other in meaning, but belong to the same part of speech of the word. They have different writing and sound. To determine the value of one of the antonym is very simple through the other, enough to give him a form of denial. For example, no direct antonym for the word To speak – not to be silent, sad – no fun and so on. In this article, we will discuss in more detail the concept of ‘opposites" and know their types.

General information

Due to the wealth of the Russian language there are many nuances and subtleties of any part of speech. No wonder the schools and some higher education institutions are studied in many textbooks on linguistics. 

  1. It is Noteworthy that in connection with the ambiguous linguistic units, antonyms of the same word in different contexts are different. For example: The old boar – a young boar, old car-new car, old cheese-fresh cheese etc.
  2. Antonyms are not every lexical unit. They do not, for example, the words Sewing, the Institute, the book etc.
  3. Basic attribute is protivopolojnosti words, which can be denoted:
  • The attributes of an object (Smart - dumb, evil - good);
  • Social and natural phenomena (Talent - mediocrity, the heat - cold);
  • Status and actions (To assemble - disassemble, forget to remember).

Types of antonyms

Direct antonymThey are different in structure.

  • Ription antonyms-are words opposite in meaning but have the same root. For example: Love, love, progress-regress. They are formed by attaching prefixes (ne-, no- , re-, de -, etc.).
  • Raznotravie antonyms-words, polar value and having different roots. For example: Big - small, black - white.

In turn, the first type, is also divided into: antonyms-euphemisms (loyally expressing contrast, difference, example: Significant - insignificant). and enantiosemy (expressing the opposition of the same word, for example: View (meaning to see) and View (meaning skipped).

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There are Also another group: the contextual antonyms-are words that differ in meaning only in a particular case. For example, in the author's performance: it was Not eyeEyes

The value of the antonyms are the following.

  • Opposite: they represent the polarity of actions, phenomena or characteristics. As a rule, between such opposites you can put a word with a neutral meaning: Joy – apathy – Sadness, positive indifference Negative.
  • Vector: they denote the mixed action: To wear – to shoot, to open-to close.
  • Contrary: indicate the polarity of objects, phenomena and characteristics, each of which excludes the other. Between them, put a neutral word impossible Right-left

OppositeAntonyms

In the sentence antonyms play a stylistic role and are used to make speech more expressive. They are often used as the antithesis (opposition, contrast). Example: "Who was nothing will become everything". Sometimes antonyms form an oxymoron (connecting the unconnected). Example: "Hot snow", "the Living corpse".

Antonyms are widely used not only in the titles of works, but also in Proverbs and sayings. 


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