(a)GradableAntonyms(plementaryAntonyms(c)(a)ontrast,illustratedbysuchpairsasrichandpoor;heavyandlight;deepandshallow,--veryrich,richerrich—poor:well-to-do,well-off,moderately,fortablyoff,hardupbeautiful–ugly:pretty,good-looking,plainhotcoldNouns:fool,wiseman;verbs:tolove,tohate,adverbs:up,down;determiners:afew,manyalwaysneverMore/lessrelationwarmcooloftenseldomThemore/lessrelationisevidentinanumberofways:1))Theadjectivescanbemodifiedby‘intensifying’adverb,,extremelyhot(,"thedenialoftheitemsmeanstheassertionoftheotherorviceversa”.--dead,single--married,present--absent,male--female,perfect--imperfect,Johnisnotalive.(Heisdead.)Johnismarried.(Heisnotsingle.)-gradable;l Heisverydead(orveryalive),l :----Complementariescannotbemodifiedbyadverbstoconveythedegreeofitsintensity,parison.----complementariesadmitsnointermediatemembers,whereasincontraries,.*.(c)ConverseAntonymsConversivesdenotenotonlytheoppositenessofmeaning,,---borrow;husband---wife,employer---employee;above—belowbuy-sellIfAlends$100toB,thenBborrows$'shusband,thenBisA'(d)---downarrive---e---goTraditionallymanylinguistshaveadheredtoaclassificationofrootantonymsandderivationalantonymsbasedonmorphology.(a)Rootantonyms:---shallowtolove---tohate
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