From the introductory.The nucleus of the following disquisition is the material collected during many years for the chapter on Negatives in vol. III or IV of my
Negation is at the core of human language; without negation there can be no denial, contradiction, irony, or lies. This book examines the form and function of n
Excerpt from Negation in English and Other Languages The history of negative expressions in various languages makes us witness the following curious fluctuatio