6.4 Antonymy
Complementaries(绝对反义词/互补反义词)binary antonyms, contradictories, either/or contrast Represent a type of binary semantic opposition dead-alive, present-absent, male-female, true-false, single---married
Features:
1. absolute contrast; mutually exclusive
The denial of one means the acceptation/assertion of the other or vice versa.
2. nongradable No comparative degree, not modified by adverbs 3. no intermediate terms