A Quantitative Analysis of Words with Implied Negation in Semantics
Yun Ding · Theory and Practice in Language Studies · 2013
This thesis aims at making a quantitative analysis on the application of words with implied negative meaning in English.With the help of some scientific research methods such as SNOBL4 and SPSS software, a quantitative computerized analysis on the frequency and distribution of implied negatives is made among different written English corpora: Browna, BrownB, Loba, T4 and Nec etc.The result shows that implied negation is widely applied in written English, with its frequency determined by the specific style of the article; Therefore, if implied negatives are employed properly according to the style of the article, the sentence pattern will be greatly varied with it language more vivid as well Index Terms-negative meaning semantic quantitative analysis