Analyze and comment on the following.Comment on the following groups of words in terms of types of antonyms: contradictory terms, contrary terms, relative terms.“same - different”, “hot - cold”, “parent - child"
ANTONYMS CAN BE DEFINED AS WORDS WHICH ARE OPPOSITE IN MEANING. THEY CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO THREE MAJOR GROUPS.CONTRADICTORY TERMS: THEY ARE SO OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER THAT THEY ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE AND ADMIT NO POSSIBILITY BETWEEN THEM，SUCH AS “SAME - DIFFERENT”.CONTRARY TERMS:ANTONYMS OF THIS TYPE ARE BEST VIEWED IN TERMS OF A SCALE RUNNING BETWEEN TWO POLES OR EXTREMES. ANTONYMS SUCH AS “HOT-COLD”REPRESENT TWO POINTS AT BOTH ENDS OF THE POLE AND CAN ACCOMMODATE A MIDDLE GROUND BELONGING NEITHER TO ONE POLE NOR TO THE OTHER. WE CAN HAVE WARM OR COLD. RELATIVE TERMS: THIS TYPE CONSISTS OF RELATIONAL OPPOSITES SUCH AS “PARENT-CHILD”.SUCH PAIRS OF WORDS INDICATE SUCH A RECIPROCAL SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP THAT ONE OF THEM CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT SUGGESTING THE OTHER. IF A IS THE PARENT OF B, THEN B IS HIS CHILD.
