Byelova S. Linguostatistical Characteristics of Antonyms of Spatio-Temporal Continuum in Fiction Texts_ ( on the Material of English Nouns and Adverbs)

. This dissertation deals with the analysis of English antonymous temporal and spatial nouns and adverbs, based on paradigmatic and syntagmatic principles. The aim of the investigation is carried out with the help of statistical methods. The object of this investigation is antonymous nouns: day - night, morning - evening, top - bottom, east - west, south - north, summer - winter, future - present - past and antonymous adverbs: now - then, always - never, here - there, close - far, forward - back, early - late, tomorrow - today - yesterday. The semantic structure of each analysed word has been specified and the coefficient of paired proximity has been determined in the paradigmatic aspect. In the syntagmatic aspect the main parameters of the investigation are frequency, prevalence, combinability. It is proved that frequency is the main factor differentiating the functional characteristics of antonyms