| Title: | Means of Expressing Negative Intensification in English |
| Author: | Paula Pîrvu |
| Publication: | Language and Literature – European Landmarks of Identity, 15, p. 195 |
| p-ISSN: | 1843-1577 |
| Publisher: | Universitatea din Pitești |
| Place: | Pitești |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Abstract: | There are various means of expressing negative intensification, from the mere insertion of specific intensifiers to the more controversial instances of double and multiple negation. We aim at illustrating the combinatorial properties of the negation intensifiers, followed by the issue of using more than one negation in a sentence. We will distinguish between the use of double negation in standard English vs. nonstandard English, both in terms of grammatical status of (non)acceptability, as well as in point of its main semantic functions. |
| Key words: | intensification, negation, denial |
| Language: | English |
| Links: |  pdf |
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