"plesionyms" - 1 õppematerjal

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in style/discourse o Start/commence, o Cross varietal synonymy – courgette/zucchini, tin/can, soda/pop  Near synonymy o Non-denotational differences (connotational register, style)  Cognitive  Die, kick the bucket, pass away  Firm, stubborn, pig-headed o Denotational differences – a matter of degree o Plesionyms - slight differences in denotational meaning, but fuzzy boundaries between degrees  Misty/foggy 41. Opposites aka antonyms  In a broad sense the opposite meaning/denotations to a word  In a narrow sense the contrary adjectives  There are four main types of opposites  Contrary/gradable antonyms o Denote opposite poles on a property scale, which has a neutral middle ground