Table 5 Distribution of negation types in Easson Corpus of transferred negation
From: A corpus-based study of a Chinese-speaking child’s acquisition of English transferred negation
Matrix verb | Negation type | Frequency | Ratio (within matrix verb) (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
THINK | Transferred negation | 33 | 71.74 |
Non-transferred negation | 13 | 28.26 | |
LOOK LIKE | Transferred negation | 5 | 50.00 |
Non-transferred negation | 5 | 50.00 |