Publication: Not-negation revisited: variation between a and any in verb complements in contemporary spoken American English
Not-negation revisited: variation between a and any in verb complements in contemporary spoken American English
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Tottie, G. (2021). Not-negation revisited: variation between a and any in verb complements in contemporary spoken American English. English Language and Linguistics, 25(3), 513–535. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1360674321000198
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In not-negated English sentences with indefinite expressions following the verb, there is variation between the indefinite article and any as determiners of nouns. The standard view is that singular count nouns take the indefinite article and singular non-count and plural nouns take any. However, it is possible to encounter examples like it isn't any threat, there isn't any lock or I don't have any problem.The article studies variation between the indefinite article and any as post-verbal determiners of singular nouns in 21,084 not-ne
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- Tottie, Gunnel
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Tottie, G. (2021). Not-negation revisited: variation between a and any in verb complements in contemporary spoken American English. English Language and Linguistics, 25(3), 513–535. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1360674321000198
