TY - GEN
T1 - Markedness of opposite
AU - Ding, Jing
AU - Huang, Chu-ren
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - In the studies of opposite pairings, the saying that some opposite pairs have one member as unmarked and the other marked "covers a number of disparate and independent phenomena" (Lyons 1977: 305). A lot of work has been done on selecting criteria for determining the unmarked/marked members (e.g., Lehrer 1985). This paper reviews the three most used criteria (morphological mark, semantic meaning and context-frequency) in previous studies and examines the theoretical criteria with natural language facts, especially with examples of Chinese. The aim is to discuss whether such criteria are capable in practical using.
AB - In the studies of opposite pairings, the saying that some opposite pairs have one member as unmarked and the other marked "covers a number of disparate and independent phenomena" (Lyons 1977: 305). A lot of work has been done on selecting criteria for determining the unmarked/marked members (e.g., Lehrer 1985). This paper reviews the three most used criteria (morphological mark, semantic meaning and context-frequency) in previous studies and examines the theoretical criteria with natural language facts, especially with examples of Chinese. The aim is to discuss whether such criteria are capable in practical using.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-45185-0_21
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-45185-0_21
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
SN - 9783642451843
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 191
EP - 195
BT - Chinese Lexical Semantics - 14th Workshop, CLSW 2013, Revised Selected Papers
T2 - 14th Workshop on Chinese Lexical Semantics, CLSW 2013
Y2 - 10 May 2013 through 12 May 2013
ER -