Value Co-occurrence with predicate negation

Language:
African American English
Parameter:
Negation and indefinite pronouns

Examples

  1. They didn't see nothing.
    They
    they
    didn't
    did.neg
    see
    see
    nothing.
    nothing
    They didn't see anything.
  2. If you don't do nothing but farm work, your social security don't be nothing.
    If
    if
    you
    you
    don't
    do.neg
    do
    do
    nothing
    nothing
    but
    but
    farm
    farm
    work,
    work
    your
    your
    social
    social
    security
    security
    don't
    do.neg
    be
    be
    nothing.
    nothing
    If you only do farm work, then your social security usually isn't very much.

    See Green 2002: 77