Aspects of English negation /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2005.
Description:1 online resource (vi, 239 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Z - Not in ; v. 132
Z - Not in.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11260877
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Other authors / contributors:Iyeiri, Yoko.
ISBN:9789027285355
9027285357
9027232318
9789027232311
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Summary:This book contains eleven carefully selected papers, all discussing negative constructions in English. The aim of this volume is to bring together empirical research into the development of English negation and analyses of syntactic variations in Present-day English negation. The first part "Aspects of Negation in the History of English" includes six contributions, which focus on the usages of the negative adverbs ne and not, the decline of negative concord, and the development of the auxiliary do in negation. Most of the themes discussed here are then linked to the second part "Aspects of Neg.
Other form:Print version: Aspects of English negation. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2005 9027232318