The evolution of negation : beyond the Jespersen Cycle /

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Why do languages change? The proposal that the grammar of negation evolves according to cycles is looked at from the behaviour of negative items and constructions, mainly through the history of English and French. The studies show that the variation within a language at any given point of history is...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Larrivée, Pierre, Ingham, Richard P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.
Colección:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 235.
Temas:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Negatives.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Polarity (Linguistics)
Négations (Linguistique)
Syntaxe.
Polarité (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Negatives
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Negation
Sprachwandel
Historical Linguistics.
Jespersen Cycle.
Language Change.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Why do languages change? The proposal that the grammar of negation evolves according to cycles is looked at from the behaviour of negative items and constructions, mainly through the history of English and French. The studies show that the variation within a language at any given point of history is too great for cycles to be invoked as an autonomous mechanism of grammar change. Instead, variation may be understood by looking at the patterns of evolution of individual (families of) items.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 356 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110238617
3110238616

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