A History of English Negation

ISBN-13: 9780582381858 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 192 str.

Gabriella Mazzon

Opis

A study of the history and usage of negation in the English language from Old and Middle English through to Modern Standard English. There is a chapter on negation in British dialects and non-native forms such as English-based pidgins and Creoles.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Gabriella Mazzon