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Lexical Semantics: Opposites

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Antonymes – 3 sub-types<br />

overlapping antonyms: good:bad,<br />

clean:dirty<br />

(one member of the pair has a pseudocomparative<br />

and the other one a true<br />

comparative)<br />

John is cruel, but he is kinder than Mary<br />

? Mary is kind, but she is more cruel than John.<br />

- to evaluate

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