text_combined: words opposites february anna morpurgo davies morpurgo vax ox ac uk mentioned lepschy gave 3 references wish mention one one lepschy guilio 1982 linguistic historiography david crystal ed linguistic controversies essays linguistic theory practice honour f r palmer london edwards arnold discussing carl abel _ gegensinn der urworte _ 1884 related work lepschy writes e abel theory importance interest words opposite meanings suggested particularly frequent early stages languages finds place long tradition studies stoic grammar etymologies _ e contrario _ chapter arab linguistic tradition devoted contraries words opposite meanings medieval jewish grammarians discussions parallel phenomena hebrew christian biblical scholars least since 17th century examine cases enantiosemy sacred classical modern languages commenting words like hebrew _ berekh _ blessed cursed greek _ argo _ wift low latin _ altus _ high eep nearer abel first part 19th century find german romantics meditating opposite meanings impossible remember hegel comments key term logic _ aufheben _ means eliminate preserve illustrating coexistence language opposite meanings great speculative import lepschy also writes abel ideas taken seriously people calibre pott steinthal schuchardt freud repeatedly quoted abel work viewing linguistic confirmation theory unconscious opposites equivalent pp 2829 surprisingly broad historically thought chapter lepschy bemoans general lack comprehensive historiography linguistics jane edwards edwards cogsci berkeley edu