Pastabos apie antonimų struktūrą ir semantiką
On the structure and semantics of antonyms

Summary/Abstract: According to their structure, antonyms fall into two classes: root antonyms and derivative antonyms. Root antonyms are expressed by adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs and prepositions of different roots. Derivative antonyms are usually adjectives, nouns and verbs of the same root but with different prefixes attached. In the latter case the opposite meaning is rendered by the prefix. There are a number of antonyms whose first member of the opposition has the suffix -ingas, referring to a considerable amount of quality, and the second member has the prefixes be- and ne-, which refer to the lack of quality. Semantically, antonyms are usually grouped according to main topics (e.g. natural phenomena, quality of things, a feature, quantity, change of physical condition, movement, behaviour, character etc.).

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