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Historical pragmatics and dialogue: Early Modern English negatives and beyond

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Historical pragmatics and dialogue: Early Modern English negatives and beyond. / Culpeper, Jonathan Vaughan; Van Olmen, Daniel.
In: 語用論研究 Studies in Pragmatics, Vol. 20, 2018, p. 4-16.

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title = "Historical pragmatics and dialogue: Early Modern English negatives and beyond",
abstract = "Affirmatives and negatives raise interesting issues for both grammar and pragmatics. This paper focusses on the Early Modern English negatives no and nay, and their role in the question-response system. Using data from Shakespeare{\textquoteright}s plays and corpus methods, we note the demise of 'nay', and the specific uses and pragmatic meanings of 'no' and 'nay'. We conclude by discussing our key findings in a broader theoretical and cross-linguistic perspective.",
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