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Negation and Polarity
Syntax and semantics. Selected papers from the colloquium Negation: Syntax and Semantics. Ottawa, 11–13 May 1995
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.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 155] 1997. viii, 367 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 24 October 2011
Published online on 24 October 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Foreword | pp. v–vi
- The Syntax of French Negative AdverbsAnne Abeillé and Danièle Godard | p. 1
- The Syntax of Sentential Negation in French and EnglishDenis Bouchard | p. 29
- A Non-Unified Analysis of Negative ConcordViviane Déprez | p. 53
- Non-Negative Negation and Wh-ExclamativesM. Teresa Espinal | p. 75
- Long-Distance Licensing of Negative IndefinitesAnastasia Giannakidou and Josep Quer | p. 95
- The Syntax of N-Words and the Neg CriterionLiliane Haegeman | p. 115
- Negation and Negative Concord in Middle DutchJack Hoeksema | p. 139
- Negative Polarity and the Dynamics of Vertical InferenceLaurence R. Horn | p. 157
- Negation as a Reflex of Clause StructureAafke Hulk and Ans M.C. van Kemenade | p. 183
- The Scalar Model of Polarity Sensitivity: the case of the aspectual operatorsMichael Israel | p. 209
- La négation comme expression procéduraleJacques Moeschler | p. 231
- De partitif et la négationClaude Muller | p. 251
- Negation and Indefinites in MaoriElizabeth Pearce | p. 271
- Extending the Notion of Negative ConcordJoão Peres | p. 289
- The Role of Focus in the Licensing and Interpretation of Negative Polarity ItemsEugene Rohrbaugh | p. 311
- Jespersen, Negative Concord and A'-BindingPaul Rowlett | p. 323
- Neg-Movement and Wh-MovementDaniel Valois | p. 341
- Index of Authors | pp. 357–359
- Index of Terms & Concepts | pp. 360–365
- Index of Languages & Language Families | pp. 366–367
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