Abstract

This book offers a unique synthesis of past and current work on the structure, meaning, and use of negation and negative expressions, a topic that has engaged thinkers from Aristotle and the Buddha to Freud and Chomsky. Horn's masterful study melds a review of scholarship in philosophy, psychology, and linguistics with original research, providing a full picture of negation in natural language and thought; this new edition adds a comprehensive preface and bibliography, surveying research since the book's original publication.

Keywords

NegationMeaning (existential)ScholarshipLinguisticsNatural (archaeology)French hornGautama BuddhaEpistemologyCognitive sciencePhilosophyPsychologyHistoryPolitical science

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1989
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Laurence R. Horn (1989). A Natural History of Negation. Medical Entomology and Zoology .