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Some remarks on the diachrony of French negation

Ian ROBERTS · Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - PUC-SP · 2000

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Ian ROBERTS
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - PUC-SP
Year
2000
ISSN
1678-460X
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1678-460X
Language
English

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Based on the history of negation in French, this paper proposes a parametrization of how languages may morphologically express the logical structure of negation provided by UG. It is argued that the change of French negation is driven by a general economy principle governing language acquisition, which favors shorter chains over longer ones. It is also claimed that this change correlates with a change in the determiner system which leads negative chains to develop from indefinite chains

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ROBERTS, I. (2000). Some remarks on the diachrony of French negation. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-44502000000300008

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ROBERTS, Ian. "Some remarks on the diachrony of French negation." 2000. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-44502000000300008.

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ROBERTS, Ian. 2000. "Some remarks on the diachrony of French negation.". https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-44502000000300008.

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ROBERTS, I. 2000, Some remarks on the diachrony of French negation, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - PUC-SP, available at: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-44502000000300008 [Accessed 10 Aug. 2026].

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Title
Some remarks on the diachrony of French negation
Author / contributors
Ian ROBERTS
Publisher
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - PUC-SP
Publication year
2000
ISSN
1678-460X
ISSN
1678-460X
Language
English

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French Negation; Syntactic Change; Determiner System; Economy
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