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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Linguistics Studies

On multiple negation marking in English.

On multiple negation marking (e.g. "I ain't told him nothing.") in English. Which, if any, of these statements is more useful to language learners?

1.Standard English lacks multiple negation marking.

2. Standard English disallows multiple negation marking.

Which would you find yourself more commonly using, and why?




  

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Pullum uses the word "lack" here. Is he right in doing so? htm

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Pullum uses the word "lack" here. Is he right in doing so?

" Standard English lacks multiple negation marking, but has syllable-final consonant clusters and interdental fricative consonants."

http://www.ucsc.edu/
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Please try to answer the question yourself before asking for help, Anon.

We don't do homework here.

MrP
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This is not homework.
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Anonymous1.Standard English lacks multiple negation marking.

2. Standard English disallows multiple negation marking.

Which would you find yourself more commonly using, and why?
Neither. I would avoid mentioning Standard English, since no one really knows what it is.
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<I would avoid mentioning Standard English, since no one really knows what it is.>

Not even those who say "I know what it is"?
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It certainly looks like homework; and homework set by a particularly malevolent and twisted teacher, I should say.

MrP
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AnonymousNot even those who say "I know what it is"?
Those people might have their own definitions. But I bet those kinds of Standard English are not the right kinds for everyone and the label Standard English is not really appropriate anyway.
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<and the label Standard English is not really appropriate anyway>

Why?
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