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fogunkeye@yahoo.comfogunkeye@yahoo.com<div>Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.</div><hr/><div><b>From: </b> Ken Litkowski <ken@clres.com>
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</div><div><b>Date: </b>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:04:58 -0500</div><div><b>To: </b><lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com
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<p>While this discussion has focused on just this one lexical relation, <br>
there are many similar cases in a dictionary where, for example, there <br>
will be a complementary pair of adjectives attached to a head noun. I <br>
would suggest two sources of great interest, the work of Igor Mel'cuk on <br>
lexical functions and all the "relations in the lexicon" work of Martha <br>
Evens and her students over the years.<br>
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Ken<br>
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On 2/27/2012 3:18 PM, lengosi wrote:<br>
> Thanks for the explanation of different kinds of antonyms, Richard. I found that helpful. I guess it works to a certain extent for the pair boar and sow. But on the other hand: if not sow then {boar | barrow (neutered male) | gilt (female that has not given birth)}... There seem to be too many options for them to be complementary antonyms (which you described as a 'pair' relationship). As I think of it 'gender pair' also seems to be limited in this regard. Ron, you're right--this is a mess! Is 'counterpart' too loose to describe their relationship? It seems to have the advantage of not being limited to a pair.<br>
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> Paul<br>
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> --- In <a href="mailto:lexicographylist%40yahoogroups.com">lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</a>, "Richard Gravina"<Richard-Sue_Gravina@...> wrote:<br>
>> Complementary antonyms express oppositions where the denial of one member of the pair implies the assertion of the other member. If not X then Y. Some examples in English are: alive and dead, male and female, open and shut, relinquish and retain. If a person is not dead they are alive; if a person is not male they are female, and so on. Other types of antonyms are Gradable antonyms (big and small) and Converse (buy and sell).<br>
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>> Boar and sow fit well as Complementary antonyms, as Robert says.<br>
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>> Richard<br>
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>> From: Robert Hedinger<br>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 3:58 PM<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:lexicographylist%40yahoogroups.com">lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</a><br>
>> Subject: Re: [Lexicog] lexical relation for boar - sow?<br>
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>> Some linguists call these Complementary antonyms.<br>
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>> Robert<br>
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>> From: lengosi<br>
>> Sent: Saturday, 25 February, 2012 5:29<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:lexicographylist%40yahoogroups.com">lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com</a><br>
>> Subject: [Lexicog] lexical relation for boar - sow?<br>
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>> Is there a widely accepted lexical relation to describe male-female pairs of animals (e.g., boar and sow)? They seem to be (co)hyponyms of some sort; probably not antonyms. Specifics of a Generic (pig)?<br>
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>> Well, I'll make an end of showing my ignorance. ;-) Thanks for any guidance,<br>
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>> Paul<br>
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