ABSTRACT
Outside the British Isles, other varieties and other forms of speech related to English yield different kinds of evidence: colonial and post-colonial varieties (the so-called New Englishes) show interesting variation in the expression of negation, also in relation to the ranges of registers and styles they have developed. This chapter starts by taking into consideration British and overseas varieties, as well as non-standard forms such as African American Vernacular English, which has attracted the attention of scholars, among other things, precisely because of its system of negation. It examines English-based pidgins and Creoles, which also show interesting evidence related to negation. Of course, these varieties are now considered independent languages rather than 'varieties of English'. Nevertheless, it was decided to include some brief remarks on their systems of negation because they show striking similarities and regularities, and thus contribute to spread light on general strategies of negation.
