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Negation and indefinite pronouns
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Co-occurrence with predicate negation
Example 14-19:
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.
Source:
Green 2002
: 77
Example 14-140:
They didn't see nothing.
They
they
didn't
did.
neg
see
see
nothing.
nothing
They didn't see anything.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Language:
African American English
Feature:
Negation and indefinite pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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