Language A to Z. Episode 4, D for Double Negatives
(2023, original release: 2020)
Nonfiction
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2020
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (14 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
13413189
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
Americans have been taught that double negatives are a grammatical no-no. But they're actually used in most of the world's languages. So who's right? And does the substitute "any" (e.g., "not going anywhere" versus "not going nowhere") solve the problem, or just make it more awkward? Find out here
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John McWhorter
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English