# Jespersen's Cycle

> historical development of the expression of negation in some languages (preverbal negation marker → elements both before and after the verb → loss of the original preverbal marker)

**Wikidata**: [Q6185902](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6185902)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jespersen's_cycle)  
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