Neki problemi antonimije (antonimija roda i broja u srpskohrvatskom jeziku)
Antonymy Based on Categories of Gender and Number in Contemporary Serbo Croat

Summary/Abstract: This article is concerned with the implications of the categories of gender and number for the theory of antonymy. The authors claim two things: a) morphemes used for marking the categories of gender and number are of polysemantic nature, if they can indicate various semantic functions, b) those antonyms which are established on the basis of the opposition between feminine and masculine gender and which are introduced either as a result of the process of suppletion or grammaticalization, can be classified as a subtype of the complementary antonymy. On the other hand those antonyms which are established on the basis of the opposition between singular and the plural may be classified as a subtype of a directional antonymy. This subcategory also includes those singularia tantum which incorporate the feature of intensity (smeh: smejanje/grohot — laugh: laughter/roaring laughter) (bay/ibark).

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