Negated Antonyms: Creating and Filling the Gap

Abstract

This chapter proposes a theory of the semantics and pragmatics of certain antonym pairs and their negations, as in the following examples: a. happy, not happy, unhappy, not unhappy b. likely, not likely, unlikely, not unlikely c. intelligent, not intelligent, unintelligent, not unintelligent d. successful, not successful, unsuccessful, not unsuccessful e. polite, not polite, impolite, not impolite f. common, not common, uncommon, not uncommon g. frequent, not frequent, infrequent, not infrequent h. many, not many, few, not few These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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