Negation in English and Other Languages (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Jespersen, Otto

9780265474600: Negation in English and Other Languages (Classic Reprint)

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The history of negative expressions in various languages makes us witness the following curious ﬂuctuation: the original negative adverb is first weakened, then found insufficient and therefore strengthened, generally through some additional word, and this in its turn may be felt as the negative proper and may then in course of time be subject to the same develop ment as the original word.

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Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) was professor of English at the University of Copenhagen. Among his many works in "Growth and Structure of the English Language," also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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