Negation and polarity : syntax and semantics : selected papers from the Colloquium Negation: Syntax and Semantics, Ottawa, 11-13 May 1995
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Negation and polarity : syntax and semantics : selected papers from the Colloquium Negation: Syntax and Semantics, Ottawa, 11-13 May 1995
（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, ser. 4 . Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 155）
J. Benjamins, c1997
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Selected rev. papers of an international conference held at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, under the auspices of the Département des lettres françaises and the Department of Linguistics
Chiefly in English; includes two papers in French
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In the last decade, there has been a revival of interest regarding negation and polarity, with much cross-fertilization between semantic and syntactic approaches. The papers in the present volume address key issues regarding the syntax and semantics of negation and polarity, including both synchronic and diachronic perpectives. Central to the discussions are the distribution of negative markers and the structure of the clause, negative concord phenomena, licensing of polarity items, similarities between Neg-movement and wh-movement. The papers, by main contributors to the field, reflect different theoretical frameworks, including Principles and Parameters and Minimalist approaches, Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Formal Semantics, or approaches interested in pragmatics. The volume is of interest to syntacticians, semanticians, historical linguists, typologists, and philosophers.
Table of Contents
- 1. Foreword
- 2. The Syntax of French Negative Adverbs (by Abeille, Anne)
- 3. The Syntax of Sentential Negation in French and English (by Bouchard, Denis)
- 4. A Non-Unified Analysis of Negative Concord (by Deprez, Viviane)
- 5. Non-Negative Negation and Wh-Exclamatives (by Espinal, M. Teresa)
- 6. Long-Distance Licensing of Negative Indefinites (by Giannakidou, Anastasia)
- 7. The Syntax of N-Words and the Neg Criterion (by Haegeman, Liliane)
- 8. Negation and Negative Concord in Middle Dutch (by Hoeksema, Jack)
- 9. Negative Polarity and the Dynamics of Vertical Inference (by Horn, Laurence R.)
- 10. Negation as a Reflex of Clause Structure (by Hulk, Aafke)
- 11. The Scalar Model of Polarity Sensitivity: the case of the aspectual operators (by Israel, Michael)
- 12. La negation comme expression procedurale (by Moeschler, Jacques)
- 13. De partitif et la negation (by Muller, Claude)
- 14. Negation and Indefinites in Maori (by Pearce, Elizabeth)
- 15. Extending the Notion of Negative Concord (by Peres, Joao)
- 16. The Role of Focus in the Licensing and Interpretation of Negative Polarity Items (by Rohrbaugh, Eugene)
- 17. Jespersen, Negative Concord and A'-Binding (by Rowlett, Paul)
- 18. Neg-Movement and Wh-Movement (by Valois, Daniel)
- 19. Index of Authors
- 20. Index of Terms & Concepts
- 21. Index of Languages & Language Families
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