Yoko Iyieri PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText - University ...

The nature of the finite verb and the patterning of
negation (Group 2)
me/not I ne me. . .notl not I - I Totalsi
Inever,no I - + I I I + I
IHavelok I I I I I I I
Ibe I 61 131 41 31 281 541
I (11.1%)I (24.1%)I (7.4%)I (5.6%)I (51.9%)I
I modal I 11 I 29 7 I 10 I 25 I 82 I
I I (13.4%)l (35.4%)l (8.5%fl (12.2%)I (30.5%)I I
I others I 48 I 21 I 18 I 13 I 20 I 120 I
I _________ (40.0%) (17.5%) (15.0%) (10.8%)I (16.7%) _______I
IG&E I I
I be 8 4 2 61 11 311
I I (25.8%)I (12.9%) (6.5%)I (19.4%)I (35.5%)I I
I modal I 35 I 16 I 8 I 11 I 17 I 87 I
I I (40.2%)I (18.4%)I (9.2%)I (12.6%)I (19.5%)I I
I others I 17 I 16 I 21 I 19 I 31 I 104 I
I _________ (16.3%)] (15.4%) (20.2%) (18.3%)I (29.8%) _______
Iws I I I
I be 29 I 60 41 6 I 7 143 I
I I (20.3%)I (42.0%)I (28.7%)l (4.2%)I (4.9%)I I
I modal I 39 I 23 I 32 I 19 I 15 I 128 I
I
(30.5%)I (18.0%)I (25.0%)l (14.8%)I (11.7%)l
I others 47 I 44 I 33 I 30 I 24 I 178 I
I _________ (26.4%)I (24.7%)I (18.5%)I (16.9%)I (13.5%)I I
IFerumbrasl I I I I I I
I be I 281 271 131 291 361 1331
I I (21.1%)I (20.3%)I (9.8%)I (21.8%)I (27.1%)I I
I modal I 32 I 55 I 35 I 34 I 23 I 179 I
I I (17.9%)I (30.7%)I (19.6%)I (19.U%)I (12.8%)I I
I others I 65 I 100 I 42 I 27 I 42 I 276 I
I I (23.6%)I (36.2%')I (15.2%')I (9.8%'1 (15.2%'1
IRA I I I I I I I
I be I 32 I 55 I 6 I 7 I '18 I 118 I
I I (27.1%)I (46.6%)I (5.1%)I (5.9%)I (15.3%)I I
I modal I 103 I 60 I 13 I 6 I 16 I 198 I
I I (52.0%)I (30.3%)I (6.6%)I (3.U%)I (8.1%)I I
I others I 60 I 91 I 10 I 9 I 37 I 207 I
I I (29.0%)I (44.0%)I (4.8%)I (4.3%)I (17.9%)I I
IA&D I I I I I I
be I ii SI ii 41 141 251
I I (4.0%)I (20.0%)I (4.0%)I (16.o%)I 56.o%H I
I modal I 31 31 11 101 141 311
I I (9.7%)I (9.7%)I (3.2%)I (32.3%)I (45.2%)I I
I othersl 21 331 81 101 561 1091
I I (1.8%)I (30.3%)I (7.3%)I (9.2%)I (51.4%)l I
Modal verbs present the adverb ne alone more frequently than verbs
of the other types as far as G&E, WS, KA, and A&[) are concerned.
Havelok and Ferumbras, however, no longer show the tendency. As
discussed above in 2.1., those negative constructions which occur
with a considerably small frequency tend to be confined to some
specific syntactic contexts. This implies that the factor of syntactic
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