John Williams of Portsmouth University has been thinking about the American election in a way that I particularly enjoy: using voting strategies to illustrate antonym terminology (describing different logical types of opposition):
Vote Clinton because she's not Trump --> binary antonyms— John X Williams (@lexicoj0hn) 4 November 2016
Vote Clinton because she's not as bad as Trump --> gradable antonyms#semantics
(see earlier Tweet) Vote Stein, get Trump --> converse antonyms #semantics— John X Williams (@lexicoj0hn) 4 November 2016
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