[Ads-l] Hypernegation in the Times

[Mark Mandel]

This is something I've been wondering about. Is is possible (likely) that
for some people "deny" is developing a sense 'state a negative'? I.e.,
"deny X" would be equivalent to "say X", with the requirement that X is a
negative statement.


On Jan 19, 2017 12:16 PM, "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> > On Jan 19, 2017, at 12:08 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Now fixed online, though Mark Liberman was able to screenshot the
> original
> > on Google News.
> >
> > http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=30492
>
> I’m not surprised--indeed, Mark’s quick strike capacity is why I cc’d him
> on my post.  I figured the hypernegation wouldn’t be around indefinitely,
> whether or not Mr. Sessions is.
>
> But was he able to screenshot the original, or to screenshoot it?
>
> LH
>
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 8:16 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> “I am not sure women or people with different sexual orientations face
> >> that kind of discrimination. I just don’t see it,” Mr. Sessions said,
> >> denying that he was not anti-gay or anti-women.
> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/civil-
> >> rights-justice-department-donald-trump.html
> >>
> >>
> >> (Called to my attention by Paul Postal)
> >>
> >> (Cf. "First he denied you had in him no right." [Comedy of Errors
> IV.ii])
> >>
> >>
> >>
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