Steven Jones
List of John Benjamins publications in which Steven Jones is involved.
Articles
2010 Using web data to explore lexico-semantic relations Lexical-Semantic Relations: Theoretical and practical perspectives, Storjohann, Petra (ed.), pp. 49–67 | Article
This paper reports on web-as-corpus research that seeks to explain why some semantically opposed word pairs have special status as canonical antonyms (for example: cold-hot), while other pairs do not (icy-scorching, cold-fiery, freezing-hot, etc.). In particular, it reports on the findings of… read more
2009 Good and bad opposites: Using textual and experimental techniques to measure antonym canonicity The Mental Lexicon 4:3, pp. 380–429 | Article
The goal of this paper is to combine corpus methodology with experimental methods to gain insights into the nature of antonymy as a lexico-semantic relation and the degree of antonymic canonicity of word pairs in language and in memory. Two approaches to antonymy in language are contrasted, the… read more
2005 Using corpora to investigate antonym acquisition International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 10:3, pp. 401–422 | Article
In this study, a purpose-built corpus, containing both child-produced and child-directed speech, is used to conduct a longitudinal examination of antonym use among children from the age of two to five years old. Previous research has tended to approach antonym acquisition using either elicitation… read more