Negational

Among students who were asked to write about being Asian (the "affirmational condition"), 26% expressed a preference for Obama, 68% preferred Clinton, and one was uncommitted; among subjects who were asked to write about being not Caucasian (the "negational condition") the results were totally reversed -- 63% for Obama, 26% for Clinton, and two uncommitted. ❋ Eddvick (2008)

And to add, the reason why the privative *n̥- was prefixed was probably because the negative adverb from which it derives, *ne, was likewise preposed to the verb, the reason for which I've already explained before in Negational particles, negational verbs and negational adverbs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On the latter word, a related adjective ἀσφοδελός has already been offered an interesting analysis as "that in the meadow not reduced to ashes"[1] connected to its Homeric descriptions of the underworld, based on ἀ- [negational prefix], σποδός 'ashes' and ἕλος 'meadow'. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That level of negational equation is what I see Goldberg doing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Negational particles, negational verbs and negatio... ❋ Unknown (2007)

It discusses the numerous strategies for negation in languages as well as the development of negational adverbs! ❋ Unknown (2007)

This can be traced all the way back to a negational verb *ei in Uralic. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Negational particles, negational verbs and negational adverbs ❋ Unknown (2007)

Modern English employs a modal do to help convey the negative in conjunction with not... so in effect, don't may be in a vague way a kind of "negational verb", no? ❋ Unknown (2007)

I was thinking of a negational adverb1, not particle, in IE's earliest history. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Japanese doesn't really have negational verbs in this sense. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It's tempting in an SOV language to expect that the negational element should always be at the end of a sentence but there are other alternatives. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Tweaking a translation to make a verb in one language seem like a verb in the negative in some other language doesn't make it a "negational verb". ❋ Unknown (2007)

Paleoglot: Negational particles, negational verbs and negational adverbs skip to main ❋ Unknown (2007)