Language A to Z.  Episode 4,  D for Double Negatives. 

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<br/><br/> Title from title frames.  Film  In Process Record. 
<br/><br/>John McWhorter 
<br/><br/> Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020. 
<br/><br/> Americans have been taught that double negatives are a grammatical no-no. But they're actually used in most of the world's languages. So who's right? And does the substitute "any" (e.g., "not going anywhere" versus "not going nowhere") solve the problem, or just make it more awkward? Find out here. 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><br/>In English 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>13413189  Kanopy 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Anthropology.<br/>Linguistics.<br/>History, Ancient.<br/>Second language acquisition.<br/>History, Modern.<br/>Sociology.<br/>Foreign study.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Education films.