Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations and symbols -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Negative inversion in Texas, in three varieties of English -- Chapter 2 Negative inversion and its contents -- Chapter 3 Negative inversion, existential sentences, and definite subjects -- Chapter 4 Negative inversion and its discontents -- Chapter 5 Negative inversion and emphatic meanings -- Chapter 6 Negative inversion is a formal idiom -- Conclusion -- References -- Index