*NEG NEG

*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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chris Collins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2018-05-01
Series:Glossa
Subjects:
negation
double negation
contrastive negation
stripping
Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/611
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spelling doaj-b8ff5738500e42d79a6b2012698105592021-09-02T03:16:43ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesGlossa2397-18352018-05-013110.5334/gjgl.611228*NEG NEGChris Collins0New York University, 10 Washington Place, New York, 10003I 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.https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/611negationdouble negationcontrastive negationstripping
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double negation
contrastive negation
stripping
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title *NEG NEG
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publishDate 2018-05-01
description 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.
topic negation
double negation
contrastive negation
stripping
url https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/611
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