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Negative clauses with but 'only'7
me/not I ne ne.. .notl not I - I Totalsi
lnever,no I - I + I I I + I I
I Negative clauses with but 'onl y ' I
1PM (Lamb)I I I I I I
II (Trin) I 1 I I I I I 1 I
1PM (Dgb) I 1 I I I I I 1
l0&N I 10 I I 1 I I 11 I
IKFI I 2 I I I I I 2 I
ISEL I 22 I I 1 I I I 23 I
ITotals ofl 36 I I 2 I I I 38 I
I Group 1 J_(94.7%) ________ (5.3%) I _______ I
IHavelok I 1 I 1 I
IG&E I I I
IWS I 6 I 1 I 1 ( I, I,
IFerumbrasl 8 I I I I I 8 I
IKA I 9 I I I I I 9 I
A&D J_1 _________J 2 I 3 1
ITotals ofl 24 I 2 1 ( 2 I, , Z9 I,
I Group 2 J (82.8%) (6.9%)](3.4%)l_(6.9%)I_ I
IEMH I I I I 2 1 1 2
1CM I 4 1 € c
CA I 1 I I 1 j ( 2
IHS I 1 I 5 6
IGGK I 1 I I I
I A1A I I I I I
IDT I I I / / 1 (
ISMA I I I I I I I
ITotals ofl 6 I I I 14 I I 20 I
I Group 3 I (30.0%)I I I (70.0%)I I I
Cf. The whole sample of Groups 1, 2, and 3
I
I Group 1 I 675 I 924 I 505 I 16 I 44 I 2164 I
I I (31.2%)I (42.7%)I (23.3%)I (0.7%)I (2.0%)I I
I Group 2 I 566 I 655 I 295 I 253 I 434 I 2203 I
I I (25.7%)I (29.7%)I (13.4%)l (11.5%)I (19.7%)I
I Group 3 I 424 I 137 I 112 I 1639 I 2704 I 5016 I
I I (8.5%)I (2.7%fl (2.2%)I (32.7%)I (53.9%)l I
The adverb ne almost exclusively stands alone while ne ... not and
not are rather uncommon. The most noteworthy feature revealed in
the above table is the fact that never, no, etc. are almost entirely
7 The examples of PM (Trin) and PM (Dgb) are from lines which
correspond to each other:
Nis hit bute gamen & glie of Pat man mai here drie
(PM Trin 292)
nis hit, bute gamen and glie,
al, Pet man her mai drie3en (PM Dgb 139).
It is not entirely impossible to interpret but in these examples in the
meaning 'except'. Especially the punctuation given by Zupitza (1878)
for PM (Dgb) hints upon the possibility. As for PM (Lamb), the text
terminates before it reaches this line.
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