Negation in Australian English

Burke, Isabelle

doi:10.4324/9780429019692-5

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“…Multiple negation, the combination of a negated verb with one or more negative indefinite items, as in (57) and (58) below, has long been a shibboleth of non‐standardised English (Tieken van Boon Ostade, 2008; Fitzmaurice, 2012). Its status in non‐standardised English is referred to by Kortmann (2021, p. 307) as ‘notorious’, and by Burke (2020, p. 57) as a ‘classic marker’. Before being proscribed by prescriptive grammarians as ‘illogical’ and ‘ignorant’ from the 18 th century onwards, multiple negation was employed simply to emphasise negativity.…”

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“…Negation is a vibrant area of English grammar, alive with linguistic creativity and continually evolving strategies (Burke, 2020). 1 Expressions that are sensitive to the negative polarity of the clause containing them such as She wouldn't hurt a flea and They don't give a shit are a gold mine of creativity in colloquial usage, as well as to a lesser extent idioms containing a negative element as in It's not half bad and She'll stop at nothing , and colourful new negators as in He contributed fuck all to the project .…”

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“…11It was Burke's (2020) thought‐provoking and entertaining account of negation strategies in Australian English that provided the inspiration for the present study.…”

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This article reports the findings of a study of negation across varieties of English worldwide, with data derived from the Global Web‐Based Corpus of English. Three general categories are explored: negative polarity‐sensitive expressions (lexical verbs such as bother, and idioms such as give a damn); negators (idioms such as be not half bad, boilerplate no‐collocations such as no worries, and implicit negators such as bugger all); and non‐standardised features such as invariant don't and multiple negation. The findings provide support for the Inner Circle versus Outer Circle distinction, with results ascribable to such factors as evolutionary status, SLA phenomena, colloquiality, and tolerance of vulgarity. Further areal findings are suggestive of linguistic epicentrality.

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Variation in world Englishes through the lens of negation

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‘Do not parade your ignorance’: Negation as a power tool of toxic geek masculinity

Poucke

2024

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Catering to a primarily male user population, Reddit is often said to be a breeding ground for toxic language use, which has led to the development of multiple computational classification models for the automated identification of toxicity in online conversations. Since negation can play a key role in cyberbullying, functioning as a popular stance marker in the dialogical exchange of dominating views in the digital sphere, it should not be ignored. Likewise, its use as a rhetorical strategy deserves more linguistic attention. Described as Engagement resources of disclaim in Appraisal theory, negated constructions may be employed by Reddit users to disalign themselves from divergent perspectives through emotion-driven ad hominem attacks, not only resulting in a potentially detrimental impact on the users’ mental health, but also perpetuating toxic power relationships. Therefore, this paper examines the use of negation, in combination with various other interpersonal resources, within the Redditors’ dialogical interactions, to explore its possible motivations and role in shaping the online discourse. A computer-assisted appraisal analysis was conducted on 2637 most upvoted comments and replies (49,866 words), extracted from the subreddit of r/AustralianPolitics between 11–14 April and 7–10 May 2022, during the period leading up to the so-called federal climate change election in Australia. The study shows evidence of a seemingly dominant negation pattern characterised by negative judgement and its findings tentatively suggest that some of the male Australian users may use negation as a discursive strategy driven by ideology and emotion. This raises the possibility that the language use encountered on r/AustralianPolitics may be influenced by covert toxic geek masculinity.

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Negation in Australian English

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Variation in world Englishes through the lens of negation

Variation in world Englishes through the lens of negation

‘Do not parade your ignorance’: Negation as a power tool of toxic geek masculinity

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