192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Negation is one of the main functions in human communication. A History of English Negation is the first book to analyse English negation over the whole of its documented history, using a wide database and accessible terminology.
After an introductory chapter, the book analyses evidence from the whole sample of Old English documents available, and from several Middle English and Renaissance... Read more
Preface
I. GENERAL AND TYPOLOGICAL ISSUES
II. NEGATION IN OLD ENGLISH AND EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH
III. THE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY MODERN ENGLISH
IV. PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH NEGATION
V. VARIETIES OF ENGLISH
VI. FURTHER THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Appendix 1: Sources for text analysis
Appendix 2: Negative forms
References
Index
Biography
Gabriella Mazzon
