Definition
Negation is a morphosyntactic operation in which a lexical item denies or inverts the meaning of another lexical item or construction.
A negator is a lexical item that expresses negation.
Examples
(Lexical Items [English])
- not
- non-
- un-
Sources 2
- Crystal 1991, 231
- Pei and Gaynor 1954, 145