Double negatives and linguistics
clayton stirling bartholomew
c.s.bartholomew at worldnet.att.net
Sun Sep 26 12:42:24 EDT 1999
> N & RJ Hanscamp wrote:
>
> 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,
"Yeah, right" includes a non grammatical element which is irony.
Clay
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