*NEG NEG
I argue that there is a grammatical (non-semantic) constraint in English that prohibits double negation, dubbed *NEG NEG. I adduce a range of structures to illustrate this constraint, and show that apparent counter-examples are not double negation.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2018-05-01
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| Series: | Glossa |
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| Online Access: | https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/611 |