Negation - Revision history

NBlöcher: Exchanged the title of the German version ("Negation") with "Negation (de)", since "Negation" is already the title of the English version

2014-07-18T16:35:41Z

Exchanged the title of the German version ("Negation") with "Negation (de)", since "Negation" is already the title of the English version

NBlöcher at 16:31, 18 July 2014

2014-07-18T16:31:15Z

NBlöcher: /* Other languages */

2014-07-18T16:28:15Z

Other languages

Haspelmath at 12:17, 24 March 2009

2009-03-24T12:17:09Z

Volker gast: added some types of negation

2009-03-23T15:22:46Z

added some types of negation

Wohlgemuth: + utrecht

2009-02-17T19:46:02Z

+ utrecht

Haspelmath at 07:21, 30 August 2007

2007-08-30T07:21:53Z

Haspelmath at 07:16, 30 August 2007

2007-08-30T07:16:25Z

Haspelmath: New page: '''Negation''' refers to the situation in which something is said not to be the case. ===Term properties=== Relational adjective: ''negative'' ===References=== *Givón, Talmy. 1978. Nega...

2007-08-30T07:15:57Z

New page: '''Negation''' refers to the situation in which something is said not to be the case. ===Term properties=== Relational adjective: ''negative'' ===References=== *Givón, Talmy. 1978. Nega...

New page

'''Negation''' refers to the situation in which something is said not to be the case.

===Term properties===
Relational adjective: ''negative''

===References===
*Givón, Talmy. 1978. Negation in language: Pragmatics, function, ontology. In: Peter Cole
(ed.) ''Syntax and Semantics, Volume 9 (Pragmatics).'' New York: Academic Press, 69-112.

*Horn, Lawrence R. 1989. ''A natural history of negation.'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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 ===Other languages===
 *French [[négation]]
-, [[Verneinung]]
+*German [[Negation (de)]], [[Verneinung]]
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-*German [[Negation]], [[Verneinung]]
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-French [[négation]] German [[Negation]], [[Verneinung]]
+*French [[négation]]
+*German [[Negation]], [[Verneinung]]
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-'''Negation''' refers to the situation in which something is said not to be the case.
+'''Negation''' refers to the situation in which something is said not to be the case. In [[propositional logic]], it is the [[logical operation]]  which turns the [[truth value]] of a [[proposition]] into its opposite. Proposition Neg phi is true if and only if phi is not true:
   (i)	phi		Neg phi
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-The negation operator Neg is a unary [[connective]]. In syllogistic logic, negation can be an operator on terms. Thus in ''nobody is ill'', the term ''nobody'' is considered the negation of ''somebody''.
+The negation operator Neg is a unary [[connective]]. In [[syllogistic logic]], negation can be an operator on terms. Thus in ''nobody is ill'', the term ''nobody'' is considered the negation of ''somebody''.
 ===Term properties===
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 *[[Negative transportation]]
 *[[Prohibitive]]
 ===References===
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 *[[Horn, Lawrence R.]] 1989. ''A natural history of negation.'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
-=== Links ===
+===Other languages===
+French [[négation]] German [[Negation]], [[Verneinung]]
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 ===Subtypes===
-*[[double negation]]
+*[[Direct negation]]
-*[[sentential negation]]
+*[[Double negation]]
 ===See also===
-*[[negative transportation]]
+*[[Negative attraction]]
-*[[prohibitive]]
+*[[Negative raising]]
 ===References===

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 ===References===
-*Givón, Talmy. 1978. Negation in language: Pragmatics, function, ontology. In: Peter Cole
+*[[Givón, Talmy]]. 1978. Negation in language: Pragmatics, function, ontology. In: Peter Cole (ed.) ''Syntax and Semantics, Volume 9 (Pragmatics).'' New York: Academic Press, 69-112.
-*Horn, Lawrence R. 1989. ''A natural history of negation.'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
+*[[Horn, Lawrence R.]] 1989. ''A natural history of negation.'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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