Negation
Definition:
Negation is a morphosyntactic operation in which a lexical item denies or inverts the meaning of another lexical item or construction.
A negator is a lexical item that expresses negation.
Examples:
(Lexical Items [English])
- not
- non-
- un-
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Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.