The evolution of negation : beyond the Jespersen Cycle /

Why do languages change? The proposal that the grammar of negation evolves according to cycles is looked at from the behaviour of negative items and constructions, mainly through the history of English and French. The studies show that the variation within a language at any given point of history is...

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Other Authors: Ingham, Richard P, Larrivée, Pierre, Larrivée, Pierre
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011
Series:Trends in linguistics Studies and monographs ; 235.
Trends in linguistics Studies and monographs 235.
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505 8 |a Atoms of negation: An outside-in micro-parametric approach to negative concord"Atoms of negation: An outside-in micro-parametric approach to negative concord." Discussion; Negative polarity and the quantifier cycle: Comparative diachronic perspectives from European languages; Indefinite pronouns, synchrony and diachrony: Comments on Willis; Subject index; Language index 
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