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Double negative

In linguistics and semantics, a double negative is a construction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation are used in the same sentence. This is typically used to convey a different shade of meaning from a strictly positive sentence ("You're not unattractive" vs "You're attractive"). Multiple negation is the more general term referring to the…

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Double negative

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Double negative

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related to Two or more negatives resolving to a negative · 16
Double negative → About, African American Vernacular English, British, Canterbury Tales, Chaucer, Discussing English, Double, Friar, He, In, Indeed, Knight, Middle English, Southern American English, Ther, There
related to Chinese · 15
Double negative → Chinese, Compared, Every, For, However, It, Mandarin Chinese, Meanwhile, No, One, Pinyin, Similarly, There, Unfortunately, Wǒ
related to In film and TV · 10
Double negative → Bart, Cockney, Harry Enfield, Hello Fadder, Hello Gutter, In, Inside, Mr Cholmondley-Warner's Guide, The Simpsons, Working-Class
related to Baltic languages · 7
Double negative → As, English, For, Furthermore, Latvian, Lithuanian, The
related to Two negatives resolving to a positive · 6
Double negative → Compare There, English, For, However, Robert Lowth, When
related to Modern Greek · 4
Double negative → Examples, In Modern Greek, Native, When
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Double negative → construction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation are used in the same sentence

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negative double negatives english negation one never sentence languages meaning nothing used means example verb positive two also nie don't

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Double negativeis aconstruction occurring when two forms of grammatical negation are used in the same sentence0.90text
Southern American Englishinstance ofapplied to the non-standard use of a second negative as an intensifier to a negation.Double negatives are usually associated with regional and ethnical dialects0.80text
African American Vernacular Englishinstance ofapplied to the non-standard use of a second negative as an intensifier to a negation.Double negatives are usually associated with regional and ethnical dialects0.80text
and various British regional dialectsinstance ofapplied to the non-standard use of a second negative as an intensifier to a negation.Double negatives are usually associated with regional and ethnical dialects0.80text
Gardereninstance ofand in some villages in the central Netherlands0.80text
but it takes a different form than that found in Afrikaansinstance ofand in some villages in the central Netherlands0.80text
Englishinstance ofin Germanic languages0.80text
Germaninstance ofin Germanic languages0.80text
the intermediate stage was a case of double negationinstance ofin Germanic languages0.80text
as the current negatives notinstance ofin Germanic languages0.80text
nicht in these languages originally meantinstance ofin Germanic languages0.80text
Double negativerelated to Baltic languagesAs0.60section

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