Delxis and Opposition

Abstract

The study looks at the nature of delxis and opposition. It examines Igbo, a west Benue-congo language and English, an indo-European language in order to find out what is obtainable. In semantics, opposition involves lexical relations that are related in meaning yet incompatible or contrasting. This paper argues that the relationship which exists between delxis and opposition cuts across languages. It claims that opposition that depicts direction may be specified or unspecified. Specified directions mark spatial delxis while unspecified directions mark person delxis.