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SUMMARY:Double negation and iconicity -  Ludovic de Cuypere\, Gent
DTSTART:20070518T130000Z
DTEND:20070518T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Anne Breitbarth
DESCRIPTION:Typological research suggests that double negation - the use o
 f two negative markers to denote one negative meaning - is a popular strat
 egy amongst a wide variety of languages. This paper focuses on two types o
 f double negation. The first type\, exemplified by Fr. Je ne chante pas 
 ‘I don’t sing’\, consists of a discontinuous sentence negator. The s
 econd type consists of a sentence negator and a negative indefinite pronou
 n or adverb as in I don’t see nothing. Iconicity is in the first type re
 lated to the language change known as Jespersen’s Cycle leading towards 
 the double negative structure. The second type is arguably one of two poss
 ible strategies to avoid the less iconic use of a negative indefinite pron
 oun.
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