Abstract
Antonym, which is among linguistic meaning relations, has a usage area and frequency ranging from colloquial language to literary language. Opposite words are used in order to create an effective style of expression in the transfer of feelings and thoughts and to make the expression more remarkable. Antonymy, occur between words that are opposite semantically. Antonymy pairs, can occur in words such as nouns, adverbs and adjectives, as well as verbs. In general, it is seen that studies on antonymy are carried out in a semantic/conceptual framework. In fact, syntactic structures have a feature that determines/affects the in-context use of antonyms. In this study, a syntactic analysis was made on the usage pairs of antonyms in Yunus Emre’s Divan. Yunus Emre, one of the most important names of both the Old Anatolian Turkish period and the sufic poetry tradition, an important role in reaching a national identity that the people could understand. In the examination, it is seen that a significant part of the pairs of antonyms are located in the structures in which X vü Y, hem X hem Y, ne X ne Y, ger X ger Y, eger X eger Y, X ile / {+(y)IlA} Y, gâh X gâhY, kimi X kimi Y, kimin X kimin Y, biri X biri Y shaped conjunctions are effective. These syntactic structures make the antonymy even more pronounced.