Professor Lesley Jeffries is at the University of Huddersfield, UK.

"The focus of this book is on how 'created' oppositions are triggered, constructed and construed in language. Examples are drawn from a wealth of sources - including poems, medical texts and newspaper stories - with oppositions cleverly unravelled and their ability to influence our thoughts and our reality gradually exposed. The findings contribute usefully to the growing body of knowledge about antonyms and other oppositions, and to the contexts in which they occur; the ramifications are significant for language-based studies of literature, popular culture and the media." - Steven Jones, Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Education, The University of Manchester, UK

• 1. What are opposites?; 2. Textual construction of opposition; 3. Textual/meaningful effects of textual opposition; 4. The role of opposition-construction in discourse meanings; 5. The significance of opposition in language and society; Bibliography; Index.

Professor Lesley Jeffries is at the University of Huddersfield, UK.

"The focus of this book is on how 'created' oppositions are triggered, constructed and construed in language. Examples are drawn from a wealth of sources - including poems, medical texts and newspaper stories - with oppositions cleverly unravelled and their ability to influence our thoughts and our reality gradually exposed. The findings contribute usefully to the growing body of knowledge about antonyms and other oppositions, and to the contexts in which they occur; the ramifications are significant for language-based studies of literature, popular culture and the media." - Steven Jones, Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Education, The University of Manchester, UK

• 1. What are opposites?; 2. Textual construction of opposition; 3. Textual/meaningful effects of textual opposition; 4. The role of opposition-construction in discourse meanings; 5. The significance of opposition in language and society; Bibliography; Index.