Abstract
The article covers the actualization of quasi antonymous relations in the lexical
system of Russian national dialects. The phenomenon of quasi antonymy can be
observed both in dialects and the colloquial speech. Taking into consideration the
process of its functioning, we can say that quasi antonymy acts in the quasi antonymous
oppositional form. When compared to the accurate (“true”) antonymous oppositions,
quasi antonymous oppositional structure has a higher degree of semantic asymmetry
and the part of speech heterogeneity, but less regular joint repeatability.
In the article there are described some types of quasi antonymous oppositions in
dialects, taking into account the character of linguistic units as well as the relations
between their parts.