Principals of Formation of Negation and its Differences in Contemporary Romanic (French, Spanish, Italian) Languages
Abstract
In the article it is discussed the evolution of negation in romanic languages. Compound verbal negation is a peculiarity of the French language and the norm of literary language. Verbal negation differs greatly in French, Spanish and Italian languages. In French language it makes up a framal construction ne…pas, where as in Spanish and Italian languages it is typical for the negation to be simple.
Article in Lithuanian
Keyword(s): affirmation; negation; lexical nuance; manifestations of lexics and grammar; zero category; affirmative and negative morphemes; verbal and nominal negation; framal construction; double negation
DOI: 10.3846/coactivity.2007.35
Coactivity: Philology, Educology / Santalka: Filologija, Edukologija ISSN 2351-714X, eISSN 2335-7711
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