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therefore, be always repeated in the following discussion.
1.4. Terminology
The terminolgy that will be used in the analysis of negation is for
the most part familiar and therefore not in need of definition here.
In some cases, however, I have employed terms that are less widely
current or else have been used in somewhat different senses in
different studies, and for reasons of clarity a brief explanation of
these terms is given below.
(1) Negative contraction
The phenomenon by virtue of which forms such as nam (< ne
am), nadde (< ne hadde), nolde (< ne wolde), and not (< ne wot)
are produced is termed 'negative contraction'. In the present
study, the term is especially employed for the combination of the
adverb ne and forms of be, wifi, have, and witen. For further
details, see 4.1.1. below.
(2) Multiple negation
'Multiple negation' consists of various types. The present study
follows the practice of counting as 'multiple negation' any clause
with at least two negative elements not canceffing each other's
negative sense. The term 'multiple negation' is employed in the
present thesis, but the same phenomenon is occasionally called
'cumulative negation' in existing studies (see Strang 1970: 152).
'Multiple negation' with two negative elements is especially given
the appelation 'double negation', which is a sub-category of
'multiple negation'. The complementary category to 'multiple
negation', on the other hand, is 'single negation', which refers to
clauses with only one negative element.
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