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Conlangery Podcast

Conlangery #44: Negation

Apr 2, 2012
01:17:10

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Quick takeaways

  • Negation in language can have different scopes and various ways of indicating it.
  • Certain languages have multiple negators for different functions and specific markers to indicate negative scope in certain contexts.

Deep dives

Negation and Scope

Negation is the act of stating that something is not true or constructing a sentence to express falsehood. In English, the scope of negation can be ambiguous, and it can be challenging to determine where the negative operator applies. Other languages may have more flexibility in negation, allowing the negative word to be moved around to indicate different scopes. Additionally, some languages have special markers or particles to indicate negation more clearly. The concept of scope in negation is an interesting topic that has been extensively studied in linguistics and philosophy.

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