Analyze and comment on the following.What characteristic of antonyms does the following pair of sentence demonstrate?A) How tall is his brother?B) How short is his brother?
ANTONYMS DIFFER IN SEMANTIC INCLUSION. PAIRS OF ANTONYMS ARE SEEN AS MARKED AND UNMARKED TERMS RESPECTIVELY. IN MANY PAIRS WE FIND ONE MEMBER IS MORE SPECIFIC THAN THE OTHER AND THE MEANING OF THE SPECIFIC IS INCLUDED IN THAT OF THE GENERAL. SO FAR AS THE MEANING IS CONCERNED, SENTENCE A INCLUDES THE MEANING OF SENTENCE B. THE USE OF TALL DOES NOT EXCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF HIS BROTHER BEING SHORT. BUT SENTENCE B IS MUCH MORE RESTRICTED IN SENSE AND IS CONSIDERED SEMANTICALLY ABNORMAL UNLESS THE SPEAKER IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE ’SHORTNESS’ OF HIS BROTHER OR CURIOUS ENOUGH TO FIND OUT HOW SHORT HIS BROTHER IS. 
