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    Negation involves inserting "not" between an operator and a predication. Negation is typically followed by positive tags or negative agreement responses. Negation can be applied locally to just a word or phrase, or have a wider scope over part of a clause from the negated item forward. The placement of stress or focus in a negated sentence impacts which specific part of the sentence is understood negatively versus positively.

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    Negation involves inserting "not" between an operator and a predication. Negation is typically followed by positive tags or negative agreement responses. Negation can be applied locally to just a word or phrase, or have a wider scope over part of a clause from the negated item forward. The placement of stress or focus in a negated sentence impacts which specific part of the sentence is understood negatively versus positively.

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    Negation involves inserting "not" between an operator and a predication. Negation is typically followed by positive tags or negative agreement responses. Negation can be applied locally to just a word or phrase, or have a wider scope over part of a clause from the negated item forward. The placement of stress or focus in a negated sentence impacts which specific part of the sentence is understood negatively versus positively.

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    NEGATION

    clausenegation
    insertion ofNOTbetweentheoperatorandthepredication
    negatoris anenlictic inconctractedforms
    whelpisn'tnecessary
    typicallyfollowedbypositivetaga
    can befollowedbynegativeagreementresponses youweren'tatschool NoIwasn't
    andnonassertiveitemsStevedoesn'tspeak foreignlanguage
    any
    nonassertivewords
    in questions negativestatements
    alsoin conditionalclausescomparativeclausesputativeshould clauses
    followclausenegation one ormoreofthem
    canbe determinerspronounsadverbs
    Hedoesn'tevervisitus Hedoesn'thaveanymoney
    emphasizing negation
    S Vinversion
    commonwithV COME andGO
    afterhere andthere
    afteratmesatientalmethetain
    BUTNOTWhenS ispronoun
    Here it comes Upit went
    withSbeinganounand V is ofposition ormotion
    s opejagftgngg.EC gge
    must its restofthesentence
    Ifethe infighter Inha fungi
    advnear
    negative negativeadvneverrarelyseldom oradvwithnegativeeffect
    little onnoaccount
    Neverhastherebeensomuchprotests
    Littledoesherealizehow
    combinationswithonlyonlyafteronlythen
    Onlythendid IrealizehowmuchI lovedhim
    so adj that such that
    sosuddenwastheattackthat
    localnegation
    negatesjust a word or aphrase
    oftennot negativeadj adv
    Thisisnotanimpossibleplan
    scopeofnegation
    negationis onlyonpartoftheclause
    fromnegateditemforwardnotnecessarilyto theendoftheclause
    stnight.li't'snotsocertain
    iasshertdidffmyinonvtssitdehimla

    i I.EE II i Iiitem
    focusofnegation
    placementofnuclearstress stressedword is understood negatively restofthesenposit
    Wehaven'tspokentoourPARENTSaboutthe nextweek wespoketogranny
    trip
    Wehaven'tspokento ourparentsaboutthetripNETWEEK wetoldthemaboutthetriptomor

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