ABSTRACT
Section 6.2 provides a short introduct ion to the phenomenon of N C . T h e identi f ication of P S and N C as two dist inct phenomena seems to owe something to the fact that the i n i t i a l phases of research were concerned w i t h E n g l i s h . S i m p l i f y i n g a l i t t l e , the contrast i n (6.1), prompted the idea that any has a restricted d i s t r ibut i on , and that negation licenses its presence. T h e contrast between standard E n g l i s h (SE) and black E n g l i s h ( B E ) i n (6.2) could not be approached i n the same way. O n the one h a n d the acceptabi l i ty of (6.2a) made i t awkward to appeal to restricted d i s t r ibut i on . O n the other hand , the attested use of (6.2b) w i t h its single negation interpretat ion called for explanat ion . T h u s , a l though (6.2b) and (6.2c) pattern like (6.1), the contrast between (6.1b) and (6.2a) was decisive i n keeping the two cases apart .
