Clarification by misnegation: The view from pragmatics
Language Log 2018-07-18
Summary:
In a comment on Mark Liberman's post "Clarification by misnegation", Stephen Hart makes a point that the rest of us have missed (or at least haven't raised), and that deserves wider attention: I may be missing something here. Slightly restated, Trump said, originally: US Intelligence says it is Russia. Putin says it isn't Russia. I […]