Definition
A correction relation is an antithesis relation in which the speaker's expression of positive regard reinforces, redefines, or corrects one or the other of the contrasted propositions or groups of propositions.
Examples
(English)
- I would be glad if you came; in fact, I would be delighted.
- He showed no pleasure at hearing the news; instead he looked even gloomier.
Sources 2
- Dijk 1981, 270–271, 279–280
- Halliday and Hasan 1976, 254