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Perspectives on negation and polarity items / edited by Jack Hoeksema ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 40.
- Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 40
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Negatives--Congresses.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Polarity (Linguistics)--Congresses.
- Polarity (Linguistics).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 366 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., c2001.
- Summary:
- This study hypothesises that neg-raising is a cognitive phenomenon which arises while the human mind is processing the content of the sentence under the normal assumption of closed world. A 'neg-raised sentence' conveys an epistemic attitude towards the proposition expressed by the subordinate clause. The hedge consists in making it clear that a certain conclusion is compatible with the current information state, but cannot be proven.
- Contents:
- PERSPECTIVES ON NEGATION AND POLARITY ITEMS
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Negative quantifier noun phrases: A typology and an acquisition hypothesis
- On the typology of negative modals
- Metalinguistic sentence negation in child English
- Lexical sensitivity in negative polarity verbs
- Varieties of polarity items and the (non)veridicality hypothesis
- Scalarity and polarity: A study of scalar adverbs as polarity items
- Flaubert triggers, squatitive negation, and other quirks of grammar
- On the monotonicity of polar adjectives
- Polarity sensitivity and collocational restrictions of adverbs of degree
- Even-incorporated NPIs in Hindi definites and correlatives
- Perfective sentences under negation and durative adverbials: A double-jointed construction
- Negative polarity and the syntax of taboo
- Neg-Raising: Negation as failure
- Name index
- Subject index
- The Series LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY.
- Notes:
- Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Groningen in August 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786612163364
- 9781282163362
- 1282163361
- 9789027299161
- 9027299161
- OCLC:
- 70769291
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