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Article #64Re: Yes/no
From: shimizu
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 16:54
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 16:54
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In article <2AE1B8B3.12806@news.service.uci.edu> cortese@skid.ps.uci.edu (Janis Maria Cortese) writes: In article <1992Oct17.095332.25071@ida.liu.se> jonwa@ida.liu.se (Jonas Wallgren) writes: >In article <harold.719247597@ccl.umist.ac.uk> harold@ccl.umist.ac.uk (Harold Somers) writes: >>There are some languages which do not have a simple yes/no alternation. > >This is the situation in Swedish: > > Question: > | Positive | Negative | > ------------+----------+----------+ > Affirmative | Ja | Nej | > Answer: ------------+----------+----------+ > Denying | Nej | Jo | > ------------+----------+----------+ This is the case in French as well, with "oui," "non," and "si," although I've rarely heard "si" used. Regards, Janis C. Sorry, kinda late, but
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Newsgroups: sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.uiowa.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!sh.wide!wnoc-kyo!kyu-cs!wnoc-fukuoka-news!shiwasu!hakobera!shimizu From: shimizu@hakobera.isct.kyutech.ac.jp Subject: Re: Yes/no In-Reply-To: cortese@skid.ps.uci.edu's message of 18 Oct 92 19:19:15 GMT Message-ID: <SHIMIZU.92Nov3015427@nazuna.isct.kyutech.ac.jp> Sender: news@hakobera.isct.kyutech.ac.jp Organization: Information Science Center of Kyushu Inst. of Tech. References: <1992Oct17.095332.25071@ida.liu.se> <2AE1B8B3.12806@news.service.uci.edu> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1992 16:54:27 GMT Lines: 22