56: Not NOT a negation episode
b'\\u201cI don\\u2019t have a pet dinosaur.\\u201d This sentence is, we assume, true for everyone listening to this episode (if it isn\\u2019t, uh, tell us your ways?). And yet it has a different feel to it than a more ordinary sentence like \\u201cI don\\u2019t have a cat\\u201d, the type of negated sentence that\\u2019s true for some people and not others. \\n\\nIn this episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch get enthusiastic about negation! We talk about how languages make sentences negative, how negation fits into the social side of conversation, and two ways you can make things super extra negative: negative concord (aka \\u201cFrench toast negation\\u201d) and negative polarity items (aka \\u201cMean Girls negation\\u201d). Plus, a few sneak peeks from the upcoming book Highly Irregular by Arika Okrent, which is coming out on July 1, 2021 and which we are delighted to recommend. \\n\\nAnnouncements: \\n\\nThis month\\u2019s bonus episode is a recording of our live show! When someone else is telling a story, you might encourage them to keep talking or to elaborate on a particular point by making various words, sounds, phrases, or gestures, such as "oh really?" and "mhm-hm" and nodding. This linguistic behaviour is known as backchannelling. Join us on Patreon to learn more, and to get access to 50 other bonus episodes. You\\u2019ll also get access to our Discord server to chat with other lingthusiasts! www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm\\n\\nFor links to everything mentioned in this episode: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/651742548840398848/lingthusiasm-episode-56-not-not-a-negation'