Chapter published in:
The Pragmatics of Negation: Negative meanings, uses and discursive functions
Edited by Malin Roitman
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 283] 2017
► pp. 149–166

Chapter 6
Interpretations of the French negation ne…pas

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Article outline
  • 6.1Introduction
  • 6.2Pragmatic meaning of negation
    • 6.2.1Uses and forms of negative utterance
    • 6.2.2Polemic and descriptive degations
    • 6.2.3Recapitulation
  • 6.3Polyphonic analysis
    • 6.3.1Metalinguistic negation
    • 6.3.2Descriptive negation
      • 6.3.2.1Triggers and blockers
    • 6.3.3Strong blockers
    • 6.3.4Weak blockers
    • 6.3.5Triggers
    • 6.3.6Blockers and triggers combined
    • 6.3.7Cotextual constraints
  • 6.4Conclusions
Published online: 14 December 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.283.06nol