Antonymy in Persian Language: a Cognitive Approach

Abstract:In this paper the author is concerned with the role of cognitive and mental abilities of humans in the formation of antonymy sense relation at the level of words of Persian language. The findings are as follows: The speakers of Persian language cause the formation of antonymy sense relation at level of words by using their mental and cognitive abilities, and mainly the experience they get from the environment. The speakers of Persian language make construals by the use of analytic-cognitive factors which consist of perspective, profile, and scanning for the formation of antonymy. The data collected from Persian, involving antonymy sense relation, can be analyzed on the basis of layered schemas program, and the contextual meaning interpretation of words has a very important role in the formation of antonymy sense relation at word level.