Strict negative concord in Slavic and Finno-Ugric : licensing, structure and interpretation / edited by Gréte Dalmi, Jacek Witkos, Piotr Cegłowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dalmi, Gréte, editor.

Witkoś, Jacek, editor.

Cegłowski, Piotr, editor.

Series:

Studies in generative grammar ; 0167-4331 148.

Studies in generative grammar, 0167-4331 ; volume 148

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavic languages--Negatives.

Slavic languages.

Finno-Ugric languages--Negatives.

Finno-Ugric languages.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Negatives.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

x, 314 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2024]

Summary:

Expressing negation is a universal property of all human languages. There is considerable variation, however, in the exact ways negation materializes cross-linguistically. Strict Negative Concord differs both from the Negative Polarity Item strategy and the Asymmetric Negative Concord strategy in that the sentence becomes negative only if the sentence negator is overtly expressed in it, irrespective of how many negative expressions are used. The central aim of this book is to describe Strict Negative Concord in some Slavic and Finno-Ugric languages. In particular, the volume gives an insight into the forms Strict Negative Concord manifests itself in Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovenian (Slavic), Finnish, Hungarian, Mari (Finno-Ugric) and the closely related Selkup (Samoyedic) to a wide linguistic community. It aims to create a platform for comparison with similar phenomena in well-described European languages.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Strict negative concord in Slavic and Finno-Ugric.

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ePub

ISBN:

9783110754797

3110754797

OCLC:

1438783434

Publisher Number:

9783110754797