VERBAL MEANS OF NEGATION IN ENGLISH

VERBAL MEANS OF NEGATION IN ENGLISH

Author:  E. P. Kofman

Abstract: 
The paper is devoted to the role negation plays in general conceptualization of the real world. Negation is approached as a linguistic, cognitive, and intellectual phenomenon fundamentally important to human thinking. Various forms of negative meaning manifestation in English are analyzed and presented as a system.

Keywords:  category of negation, cognitive process, conceptual/interpretative function, perception, competence