Universal #683

Legacy number: 683

 Number  680
 Original  If a language has dummy auxiliary Negative construction, then there must be another way of negation in this language.
 Standardized  IF there is a dummy auxiliary negative construction, THEN there is another way of negation.
 Keywords  negation, dummy auxiliary
 Domain  syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  240 languages of Dahl 1979 sample
 Source  Dahl 1979

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Discussion
Notes
English seems unique in that it uses dummy auxiliaries also for question formation and emphatic constructions.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
English seems unique in that it uses dummy auxiliaries also for question formation and emphatic constructions.