The expression of negation
by ProQuest (Firm), Horn, Laurence R.
fromExpression of cognitive categories
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"Negation is a sine qua non of every human language but is absent from otherwise complex systems of animal communication. In many ways, it is negation that makes us human, imbuing us with the capacity to deny, to contradict, to misrepresent, to lie, and to convey irony. The appa…
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