Kettős tagadás a nagybörzsönyi német nyelvjárásban [Double negation in the German dialect of Deutschpilsen/Nagybörzsöny]

This study investigates the linguistic expressions of negation in the German dialect of Deutschpilsen/Nagybörzsöny. First, we analyse the forms of simple negation, and then the dialectal manifestations of negative doubling and negative spread. The latter notions refer to contexts in which several negative expressions occur within a sentence, but they do not cancel each other out, but rather reinforce each other. Such constructions are well attested in German dialects, and in earlier stages of the German language. Negative spread is characteristic of the contact language Hungarian, too; thus, i... Mehr ...