Semantic relations and the lexicon antonymy, synonymy, and other paradigms - Murphy, M. Lynne (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-273) and index
Paradigmatic relations, generally -- - Why lexical relations? -- - A pragmatic approach to semantic relations -- - Other approaches -- - Paradigmatic relations, specifically -- - Synonymy and similarity -- - Antonymy and contrast -- - Hyponymy, meronymy, and other relations -- - Lexicon and metalexicon: implications and explorations -- - Relation elements
This book explores how some word meanings are paradigmatically related to each other, as opposites or synonyms, for example, and what these say about the mental organization of our vocabularies. The author argues for a new pragmatic approach to lexical relations, as opposed to the traditional 'lexical' approach