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Tutorial # 6. Theme: “Classification of vocabulary according to meaning: Antonyms” (2 hours)

Subtheme # 1: “Sources of antonyms”

Thesis:

Antonyms are words to indicate the same category of parts of speech which have contrasting meanings. If synonyms from whole, often numerous groups, antonyms appear in pairs. Yet, this is not quite true in reality. Most antonyms are adjectives which is only natural because qualitative characteristics are easily compared and contrasted. Verbs take the second place, verbal pairs – to lose-to find, to lose-to win. Nouns are not rich in antonyms, friend-enemy, heaven-earth. Antonymic adverbs can be subdivided a) adverbs derived from adjectives, e.g. warmly-coldly; b) adverbs proper, now-then, here-there, ever-never.

Antonyms may be defined as two or rarely more words of the same language belonging to the same part-of-speech, identical in style and nearly identical in distribution, associated and used together so that their denotative meanings render contrary or contradictory notions.

Literature:

1. G.B. Antrushina “English Lexicology”, “Vyssaja skola”, M.1999

2. I.V. Arnold “The English Word”, “Vyssaja skola”, M. 1973, 1989

3. S.I. Ginsburg “A Course in Modern English Lexicology”, “Vyssaja skola”, M. 1979

4. Electronic book of the university:

Электронный учебник по лексикологии английского языка.

Составители: Сыздыкова Г.Н., Булатова С.М. Алматы, 2001

5. Multimedia lectures and seminars compiled by the instructor of English lexicology: senior teacher Asanova G.S

Problematic questions:

- What are the important sources of antonyms?

- What circumstances cause and simulate their development?

- What features differentiate antonyms from synonyms?;

- What are the functions of antonyms?

Subtheme # 2: “Classification of antonyms”

Thesis:

Together with synonyms, antonyms represent the language’s important expressive means. Authors use antonyms as a stylistic device of contrast. V.N.Komissarov’s work antonyms are classified into: a) absolute or root antonyms (love-hate, late-early); b) derivational antonyms (known-unknown). Not so many years ago antonyms was not as a linguistic problem and the opposition between pairs was regarded as purely logical and finding no reflection in the semantic structures of the words. The contrast between the pairs is said by most scholars as the contrast of things opposed by their very nature.

The difference between derivational and root antonyms is not in their structure, but in semantics as well. Derivational antonyms express contradictory notions, one of them excludes the other, e.g. active-inactive. Absolute antonyms express contrary notions. If some notions can be arranged in a group of more than two members, the most distant members of the group will be absolute antonyms, e.g. ugly, plain, good-looking, pretty, beautiful, the antonyms are ugly and beautiful.

Literature:

1. G.B. Antrushina “English Lexicology”, “Vyssaja skola”, M.1999

2. I.V. Arnold “The English Word”, “Vyssaja skola”, M. 1973, 1989

3. S.I. Ginsburg “A Course in Modern English Lexicology”, “Vyssaja skola”, M. 1979

4. Electronic book of the university:

Электронный учебник по лексикологии английского языка.

Составители: Сыздыкова Г.Н., Булатова С.М. Алматы, 2001

5. Multimedia lectures and seminars compiled by the instructor of English lexicology: senior teacher Asanova G.S

Problematic questions:

- What are the basic classification types of antonyms?

- Is this classification system the same or different in other languages?