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Other authors / contributors: | Iyeiri, Yoko.
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ISBN: | 9789027285355 9027285357 9027232318 9789027232311
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Print version record.
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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.
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Other form: | Print version: Aspects of English negation. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2005 9027232318
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