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The Negation Jangan from a Lexical Functional Perspective [PDF]
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching, 2016 This paper is an investigation into the properties of the negation jangan in the framework of Lexical-Functional Grammar. The analysis shows that the negation jangan can negate verbs functioning as predicate in a sentence.
Truly Almendo Pasaribu
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A note on double negation marking in Sissala [PDF]
Studies in African Linguistics, 1983 Double Negation Marking in Sissala, a Voltaic language spoken on the Ghana-Upper Volta border, raises some interesting questions about sentence negation and poses some problems regarding semantic interpretation.
Regina Blass
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A Lightweight Double-negation Translation [PDF]
EPiC Series in Computing, 2018 Deciding whether a classical theorem can be proved constructively is a well-known undecidable problem. As a consequence, any computable double-negation translation inserts some unnecessary double negations. This paper shows that most of these unnecessary insertions can be avoided without any use of constructive proof search techniques. For this purpose,
Frederic Gilbert
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Why is “not infrequent” not always “frequent”? Double negation in political discourse [PDF]
ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics), 2015 The aim of this paper is to view double negation in the light of its semantic and pragmatic meaning. While double negation in logic gives a positive value, in natural languages, besides having positive entailment, it can have a range of different ...
Osmankadić Merima
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Mental simulation of the factual and the illusory in negation processing: evidence from anticipatory eye movements on a blank screen [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHow do comprehenders process negative statements such as The fish is not jumping out of the water? Opinions vary. Some argue for two steps, namely that processing starts off with the representation of the positive/illusory [fish jumping out of the water]
Norbert Vanek +4 more
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The Problems of the Mental Logic with the Double Negation: The Necessity of a Semantic Approach [PDF]
Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2016 The double negation has always been considered by the logical systems from ancient times to the present. In fact, that is an issue that the current syntactic theories studying human reasoning, for example, the mental logic theory, address today. However,
López-Astorga Miguel
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Why is “not infrequent” not always “frequent”? Double negation in political discourse [PDF]
ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)The aim of this paper is to view double negation in the light of its semantic and pragmatic meaning. While double negation in logic gives a positive value, in natural languages, besides having positive entailment, it can have a range of different ...
Merima Osmankadić
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Glossa, 2018 I argue that there is a grammatical (non-semantic) constraint in English that prohibits double negation, dubbed *NEG NEG. I adduce a range of structures to illustrate this constraint, and show that apparent counter-examples are not double negation.
Chris Collins
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Polarizing Double-Negation Translations [PDF]
, 2013 Double-negation translations are used to encode and decode classical proofs in intuitionistic logic. We show that, in the cut-free fragment, we can simplify the translations and introduce fewer negations. To achieve this, we consider the polarization of the formulæ{} and adapt those translation to the different connectives and quantifiers. We show that
Boudard, Mélanie, Hermant, Olivier
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Two negations for the price of one
Glossa, 2016 Standard English is typically described as a double negation language. In double negation languages, each negative marker contributes independent semantic force. Two negations in the same clause usually cancel each other out, resulting in an affirmative
Anna Notley +3 more
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