The linguistic phenomena of autoantonymy and enantiosemy, both involving contradictory meanings within a single word or phrase, have been subjects of much debate and research in the fields of semantics and translation studies. While both phenomena share an element of oppositional meanings, they differ in their structure and origins. This paper explores the concepts of autoantonymy and enantiosemy, offering a comparative analysis of how these concepts manifest across languages, with a specific focus on Arabic.
AUTOANTONYMY AND ENANTIOSEMY: A COMPARATIVE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF OPPOSITIONAL MEANINGS IN LANGUAGE
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Autoantonymy
Enantiosemy
Arabic Language
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