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1 online resource (viii, 333 pages) : illustrations |
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Topics in English linguistics ; 26 |
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Topics in English linguistics ; 26.
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Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Five ways of saying no: the development of sentential negation in English in a Government and Binding perspective -- English negation from an interactional perspective -- On Negative Raising in the history of English -- Negative Concord and Verb Projection Raising in Old English and West Flemish -- Multiple negation in Middle English verse -- Sentential negation and clause structure in Old English -- The facts and nothing but: the (non- )grammaticalisation of negative exclusives in English |
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""Isn�t it? or is it not? On the order of postverbal subject and negative particle in the history of English""""The origin and development of the “Neg ... neither� construction: a case of grammaticalisation""; ""Affixal and non-affixal negation � a case of stable variation over time?""; ""On the scope of Negative Concord""; ""On expletive negation with adversative predicates in the history of English""; ""Index"" |
| Notes |
Papers originally presented at a conference held at the University of Leiden on Dec. 15-16, 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Ebsco, viewed April 23, 2013) |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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English language -- Negatives -- Congresses
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English language -- Grammar, Historical -- Congresses
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English language -- Negatives -- Congresses
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English language -- Grammar, Historical -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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English language -- Grammar, Historical
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English language -- Negatives
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Negation
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Ontkenningen (taalkunde)
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Oudengels.
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Middelengels.
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Engels.
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Englisch.
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Leiden <1994>
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid.
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Tottie, Gunnel, 1937-
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Wurff, Wim van der.
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Conference "Negation in the History of English" (1994 : University of Leiden)
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| ISBN |
9783110806052 |
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3110806053 |
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3110161982 |
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9783110161984 |
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