Double negatives and linguistics

N & RJ Hanscamp nar.hanscamp at clear.net.nz
Sun Sep 26 05:24:56 EDT 1999


Recently read in the OM Relay newsletter....

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. "In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Greek, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."

A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."



Nigel

Nigel and Rebecca Hanscamp
Trinity Methodist Theological College
Auckland Consortium of Theological Education, New Zealand
Email: nar.hanscamp at clear.net.nz
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