| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 365 pages) : illustrations |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 155 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 155. 0304-0763
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| Contents |
NEGATIONAND POLARITY SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; FOREWORD; Table of contents; THE SYNTAX OF FRENCH NEGATIVE ADVERBS; THE SYNTAX OF SENTENTIAL NEGATION IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH; A NON-UNIFIED ANALYSIS OF NEGATIVE CONCORD; NON-NEGATIVE NEGATION AND WH-EXCLAMATIVES; LONG-DISTANCE LICENSING OF NEGATIVE INDEFINITES; THE SYNTAX OF N-WORDS AND THE NEG CRITERION; NEGATION AND NEGATIVE CONCORD IN MIDDLE DUTCH; NEGATIVE POLARITY AND THE DYNAMICS OF VERTICAL INFERENCE; NEGATION AS A REFLEX OF CLAUSE STRUCTURE |
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THE SCALAR MODEL OF POLARITY SENSITIVITY: THE CASE OF THE ASPECTUAL OPERATORSLA NÉGATION COMME EXPRESSION PROCÉDURALE; DE PARTITIF ET LA NÉGATION; NEGATION AND INDEFINITES IN MAORI; EXTENDING THE NOTION OF NEGATIVE CONCORD; THE ROLE OF FOCUS IN THE LICENSING AND INTERPRETATION OF NEGATIVE POLARITY ITEMS; JESPERSEN, NEGATIVE CONCORD AND A'-BINDING; NEG-MOVEMENT AND WH-MOVEMENT; INDEX OF AUTHORS; INDEX OF TERMS & CONCEPTS; INDEX OF LANGUAGES & LANGUAGE FAMILIES |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Chiefly in English; includes two papers in French |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Negatives -- Congresses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax -- Congresses
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Semantics -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Negatives
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Semantics
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Semantik
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Polarität
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Linguistik
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Negation
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Ontkenningen (taalkunde)
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Polariteit (taalkunde)
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Semantica.
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Ottawa <1995>
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Forget, Danielle, 1952-
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| LC no. |
97032234 |
| ISBN |
9789027275899 |
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9027275890 |
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9789027275899 |
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1283312379 |
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9781283312370 |
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9786613312372 |
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6613312371 |
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