English and Russian evaluative adverbs
... adverbs. Chains of quasi-synonymous words linking the adverbs are constructed. An important feature of antonyms is the fact that negatively-oriented antonyms are marked with respect to the positive ones. The different methods for the determination of semantic metrics in the Osgood’s space are described. Usage of geodesic distance between two arbitrary words enables introduction of unambiguous metrics over the set of Russian (axes X) and English (axes Y) adverbs. Coordinates of antonyms and those synonyms ...
