Beyond “alternations”: The Surface Generalization Hypthesis

However, it is clear that both the negation and the antonym of a particular concept are closely associated with that concept. For example, a concept and its antonym typically serve as strong associates for one another in psycholinguistic studies (Meyer and Schvaneveldt 1971): e.g., hot primes cold, high primes low, and giving primes taking away. ................
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