El refuerzo de la negación mediante sustantivos de valor mínimo: una visión quijotesca

Abstract

Sara Cristina COTERILLO DÍEZ: The Strengthening of Negation with Minimal Value Nouns: A Quixotic vision. The usage of minimal substantives in order to strengthen a negative structure is a very well-known procedure in all languages and has been target of several approaches. This paper aims to make the mainly medieval lists more complete since it is based on Cervantes’ text Don Quijote de la Mancha. The minimizers that resulted from our study are included like a short dictionary and their most relevant characteristics have been analyzed. In this way we mean to show the device involved in these negative reinforcers, in which insignificant meaning, quantification and expressiveness seem to play crucial roles.