Negation
Revision as of 07:15, 30 August 2007 by Haspelmath (talk | contribs) (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...)
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.
