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How to Answer a Negative Question

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Middle negation and affirmation: Swedish(3) Q: Har Johan kommit?has Johan come‘Has John come?’A: Ja.yesA: Nej.no(4) Q: Har Johan inte kommit?has Johan not come‘Has John not come?’A: #Ja.yes (Cannot mean that he hasn’t come, or that he has come.)A: Nej.no (‘He hasn’t come.’)A: Jo.‘Yes he has come.’

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