Double Negation and Negative Concord in English Language

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211219.027How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Double negation; negative concord; interpretation

Abstract

Double negation and negative concord statements content negative markers and express exceptions or unusual occurrences. The purpose of this article is to investigate the process of interpretation for hearers to be able to interpret sentences into either negative concord or double negation sentences. A literature review was used as the method of this article. Two experiments were reviewed in this article. It is implied that the preference of negative concord or double negative interpretations is a bias toward which negation style is acquired first during the linguistic developmental phase of children. It is also implied that redundant information, such as negative concord sentences, is more easily processed than more complex sentences such as double negation sentences. However, evidence state that standard English permits no use of negative concord.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Pangkuh Ajisoko
AU  - Arfha Rizky Firdausya
AU  - Sherly Natalina
AU  - Khaerawaty Darwis
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/23
TI  - Double Negation and Negative Concord in English Language
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Innovation in Education and Pedagogy (ICIEP 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 148
EP  - 151
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211219.027
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211219.027
ID  - Ajisoko2021
ER  -