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The term '''expletive negation''' is often used (especially in the linguistics of the [[Romance]] languages) for a [[negative]] marker that has no negative meaning.

===Examples===
*French ''Je crains qu'elle '''ne''' vient'' 'I fear that she comes';
*Italian ''Io sono più alto che tu '''non''' sei'' 'I am taller than you are'
*English ''We do'''n't''' need '''no''' education.'' (Pink Floyd song)

===Synonyms===
*[[pleonastic negation]] (this was the usual term until the latter part of the 20th century)
* [[paratactic negation]] (Jespersen 1940)
* ''formal negation'' (Jack 1977)
*''abusive negation'' (Vendryès 1950)

===Polysemy===
See [[expletive]] (disambiguation page).

===Origin===
The term was apparently introduced only in the 1970s (cf. Muller 1978, Nocentini 2003).

===References===
*Jack, G.B. 1977. "Negation in later Middle English prose." ''Archivum Linguisticum'' 9:58-72.
*[[Otto Jespersen|Jespersen, Otto]]. 1940.'' A modern English grammar on historical principles.'' Copenhagen: Munksgaard.
*Muller, Claude. 1978. "La negation explétive dans les constructions complétives." ''Langue Française'' 39:76-103.
*Nocentini, Alberto. 2003. "La cosidetta negazione espletiva in italiano." ''Archivio Glottologico Italiano'' 88:72-90.
*Vendryès, Joseph. 1950. "Sur la nègation abusive." ''Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris'' 46: 1-18.

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Linguipedia: New page: The term '''expletive negation''' is often used (especially in the linguistics of the Romance languages) for a negative marker that has no negative meaning. ===Examples=== *French...