Antonymy

Antonymy is a semantic relation indicating oppositions in meaning between terms (A is the opposite of B; e.g. cold is the opposite of warm).

In thesauri are antonyms usually regarded "RT". They are important in retrieval because information about a concept may often be found under the antonym.

Literature:

Cruse, D. A. (1976). Three classes of antonomy in English. Lingua, 38(3-4), 281-292.

Birger Hjørland

Last edited: 15-07-2007

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