Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. List of figures and tables xi
4. Acknowledgements xiii
5. Chapter 1. Something and nothing 1
6. Chapter 2. Negation, duality and expectation 21
7. Chapter 3. Linguistic realisations of negation 45
8. Chapter 4. Understanding negation in context 97
9. Chapter 5. Negation, expectation and ideology 135
10. Chapter 6. Negation and ideology in advertising 161
11. Chapter 7. Negation, the press and politics 177
12. Chapter 8. The power of nothing 203
13. References 207
14. Index 213