UID:
almahu_9949178816102882
Format:
xi, 366 p. :
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ill.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-16336-1
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9786612163364
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90-272-9916-1
Series Statement:
Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, v. 40
Content:
This study hypothesises that neg-raising is a cognitive phenomenon which arises while the human mind is processing the content of the sentence under the normal assumption of closed world. A 'neg-raised sentence' conveys an epistemic attitude towards the proposition expressed by the subordinate clause. The hedge consists in making it clear that a certain conclusion is compatible with the current information state, but cannot be proven.
Note:
Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Groningen in August 1996.
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PERSPECTIVES ON NEGATION AND POLARITY ITEMS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Negative quantifier noun phrases: A typology and an acquisition hypothesis -- On the typology of negative modals -- Metalinguistic sentence negation in child English -- Lexical sensitivity in negative polarity verbs -- Varieties of polarity items and the (non)veridicality hypothesis -- Scalarity and polarity: A study of scalar adverbs as polarity items -- Flaubert triggers, squatitive negation, and other quirks of grammar -- On the monotonicity of polar adjectives -- Polarity sensitivity and collocational restrictions of adverbs of degree -- Even-incorporated NPIs in Hindi definites and correlatives -- Perfective sentences under negation and durative adverbials: A double-jointed construction -- Negative polarity and the syntax of taboo -- Neg-Raising: Negation as failure -- Name index -- Subject index -- The Series LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-55619-793-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-2761-6
Language:
English
