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(linguistics) A process in historical linguistics by which negation is expressed first by a simple preverbal marker, then by a discontinuous marker (with elements both before and after the verb, as in the French ne...pas) and in some cases through subsequent loss of the original preverbal marker, and so on.
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Jespersen's cycle
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Jespersen's cycle
固有名詞
(linguistics)
A
process
in
historical
linguistics
by
which
negation
is
expressed
first
by
a
simple
preverbal
marker,
then
by
a
discontinuous
marker
(with
elements
both
before
and
after
the
verb,
as
in
the
French
ne...pas)
and
in
some
cases
through
subsequent
loss
of
the
original
preverbal
marker,
and
so
on.
日本語の意味
歴史言語学における現象で、否定がまず単純な前置否定マーカーで表現され、次第に動詞の前後に分散される構造（例：フランス語の「ne...pas」）へ発展し、最終的に元の否定マーカーが消失するという否定表現の変遷サイクルを指す。
意味（1）
(linguistics)
A
process
in
historical
linguistics
by
which
negation
is
expressed
first
by
a
simple
preverbal
marker,
then
by
a
discontinuous
marker
(with
elements
both
before
and
after
the
verb,
as
in
the
French
ne...pas)
and
in
some
cases
through
subsequent
loss
of
the
original
preverbal
marker,
and
so
on.
