THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEGATIVE PARTICLE NE IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE
The question of the status of the category of negation arose in antiquity. Negation is interpreted as a logical, metaphysical and grammatical phenomenon, which means that negation is in the field of study of these sciences. The article considers the evolution of the use of the negative particle ne in French and the specifics of its use in modern speech. It is noted that this particle has retained some archaic structures of autonomous use. At the same time, it can be used both in a negative and in a positive sense, although in colloquial speech it almost ceased to exist, giving way to the negation of pas.