History of English Negation

Name: History of English Negation
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

A History of English NegationAuthor(s): Gabriella Mazzon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138179622, 978-1138179622\nSynopsis\nNegation is one of the main functions in human [url] History of English Negation is the first book to analyse English negation over the whole of its documented history, using a wide database and accessible terminology.\n\nAfter an introductory chapter, the book analyses evidence from the whole sample of Old English documents available, and from several Middle English and Renaissance documents, showing that the range of forms used at any single stage is wider, and the pace of their change considerably faster, than previously commonly assumed.\n\nThe book moves on to review current formalised accounts of the situation in Modern English, tracing the changes in rules for expressing negation that have intervened since the earliest documented history of the language. Since the standard is only .