Negation and polarity : syntactic and semantic perspectives

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Negation and polarity : syntactic and semantic perspectives

edited by Laurence Horn and Yasuhiko Kato

Oxford University Press, 2000

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Includes bibliographical references, "Further reading" (p. [255]-264) and indexes (p. [265]-[271])

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Negation is a central feature of language and cognition, interacting with all areas of grammar as well as with the philosophy of language. Whereas there is a cross-linguistic uniformity in logical and semantic aspects of negation, there is a diversity of syntactic and morphological forms and rules. This asymmetry in function and form poses problems for syntactic and universal grammar theory and for the study of the interface between syntax and discourse. It is particularly evident in negative polarity-words and phrases which can appear only in negative sentences. The exploration of negation and negative polarity phenomena and their implications for linguistic theory are the main themes of this book.

Table of Contents

  • C INTRODUCTION
  • NEGATION AND POLARITY AT THE MILLENNIUM
  • 1. Negative Preposing, Negative Inversion, and the Split CP
  • 2. Interpretive Asymmetries of Negation
  • 3. Coordination, C-Command, and 'Logophoric' N-Words
  • 4. Negative Polarity Items
  • TRIGGERING, SCOPE, AND C-COMMAND
  • 5. Pick a Theory (any Theory)
  • INDISCRIMINATIVES AND THE FREE-CHOICE INDEFINITE
  • 6. The Force of Negation in Wh Exclamatives and Interrogatives
  • 7. Thetic and Categorical, Stage and Individual, Weak and Strong
  • 8. Negative Inference, Space Construal, and Grammaticalization

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