Jun 18, 2018
Bending the Rules with Linguistics!
Yeah right is an English expression which could be translated to “doubtful” which is in sorts a negative or a word which opposes what is follows.
Can you think of instances where two negatives become a negative? Or an instance where it depends on the emphasis placed in the sentence?
One such example can be: “ I wont eat nothing”
Which when the emphasis is on nothing may mean that the person will eat something and when there is no emphasis on anything, it may indicate that the person wont eat anything.