| 单词 | resumptive negation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasresumptive negation resumptive negation n. Grammar (in Jespersen's terminology) negation which is reiterative for the purpose of emphasis; cf. resumption n. 2. ΚΠ 1917 O. Jespersen in Historisk-Filologiske Meddelelser 1 v. 69 A second class comprises what may be termed resumptive negation, the characteristic of which is that after a negative sentence has been completed, something is added in a negative form with the obvious result that the negative effect is heightened. 1998 D. Denison in S. Romaine Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lang. (2007) IV. iii. 243 What Jespersen calls resumptive negation involves a negative following on from a negative clause already completed... ‘I didn't like to, not after what happened’. 2001 J. Błaszczak Investig. Interaction between Indefinites & Negation iv. 238 A similar pattern of such ‘resumptive’ negation is also found..in focus structures and echo questions. < as lemmas |
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