Excerpt from Negation in English and Other Languages The history of negative expressions in various languages makes us witness the following curious fluctuatio

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 The Origin of the English Nation 1587 - 1588. By Alhed II. 1110. By Anne Isabella Thackeray B11de of Landeck. Dr G. L'. R. James. L101'jacoh. - '1'

Negation is a sine qua non of every human language but is absent from otherwise complex systems of animal communication. In many ways, it is negation that makes