Articles
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https://doi.org/10.37547/history-crjh-04-02-05
SOME SEMANTIC-FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF ENGLISH ANTONYMS
Abstract
The article deals with some peculiarities of English antonyms. The author describes 5 types of antonyms and their functions: auto-antonyms, complementary antonyms, converse antonyms, gradual antonyms, and contextual antonyms.
Keywords
Semantic association, phraseological units, opposite meaning
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