Giving examples, write briefly about different types of negation.
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Types of Negative Sentences:
Types of Negative Sentences 1.Explicit Negation 2. Affixal Negation 3.Implicit Negation 4.Non-Verbal Negation.
1.Explicit Negation
Explicit Negation This is the most common and an obvious type of negation where we indicate our NO by putting a NOT after the operative or the auxiliary verb.
e.g. He is not happy. A child does not tell a lie.
neither/nor/either:
neither/nor/either Note that neither/nor/either are often used to combine two negative sentences. The following two sentences.
E.g. Aditya isn’t happy and neither is Krishan . Aditya isn’t happy and nor is Krishan . Aditya isn’t happy and Krishan isn’t either.
neither/nor/either:
neither/nor/either Interestingly, look what happens when we decide to use neither/nor together:
E.g.
Neither Aditya nor Krishan is happy.
2. Affixal Negation
Affixal Negation In this type of negation, the form is generally positive but the negative meaning is carried by the prefixes like ‘im-, in-, un-, non-, dis-‘ etc.
E.g.
She is very in sensitive to her needs.
3. Implicit Negation
This type of negation too has a connection with the use of individual words.
E.g. Ruchi rejected the offer.
4. Non-verbal Negation
Non-verbal Negation As the term suggests, this type of negation has to do with words other than verbs. The negative element in this case is carried in words like nothing, no one, none, nobody, never, nowhere, few, seldom, little and few etc.
E.g.
No one knew the meaning of this word. I can find her nowhere.
The different types of negations are -
(1) Definition and Reinterpretation
(2) Comparison and Contrast, and
(3) Concession and Rebuttal.
The sentence 'A home that is self-sufficient should not be confused with an ‘independent home’, which typically refers only to its energy use.
Most so-called independent homes are still dependent on food distribution systems to sustain their occupants' is an example of Definition and Reinterpretation.
The sentence 'In order to become better or simply to live, the theatre as an independent art form must realize how it is different from the written text or pure speech.
We mustn’t forget that theatre has visual impact and is a dynamic force in its own right between the audience and the stage' is an example of Comparison and Contrast.
The sentence ' Humankind has surely benefited greatly from much speedier transmission of knowledge in a digitised world.
But let us not forget that the creation of knowledge as a commercial activity will suffer if intellectual labour is not properly rewarded' is an example of Concession and Rebuttal.