Кореляція типів заперечення в сучасній англійській мові.

e.g. It isn’ t only the want of money that I think about - nothing

of the kind - but there’ s neither beautly, nor cleverness, nor

goodness, nor anything else that ‘ s desirable. [4, p. 43 ]

There is nothing half so green that I know anywhere, as the

grass of that churchyard; nothing half so shady as its tree;

nothing half so quiet as its tombstones. [8, 12 ]

He has no secret curiosity, no hankering desire. [ 4, p.41 ]

He said he would never, never part with it any more. [8, p.17 ]

Частоту вживання лексико - граматичних засобів вираження запе-

речення можна проілюструвати на прикладах :

Part of the

SentencePart of

Speech Means № % № %

Subject

Pronoun

no one

none

nothing

nobody

4

2

18

8

2,8

1,4