Screen LibraryBeyond 'any' and 'ever' : new explorations in negative polarity sensitivity /
The grammar of negative polarity items is one of the challengesfor linguistic theory. NPIs cross-cut all traditional categories in grammar and semantics, yet their distribution is by no means arbitrary. Theories of NPI licensing have been proposed in terms of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics - each...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Trends in linguistics. studies and monographs [tilsm];
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110305234 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110305234.jpg |
| Summary: |
The grammar of negative polarity items is one of the challengesfor linguistic theory. NPIs cross-cut all traditional categories in grammar and semantics, yet their distribution is by no means arbitrary. Theories of NPI licensing have been proposed in terms of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics - each with its own merits and problems. The volume comprises state-of-the-art studies and suggests an interpolation approach to NPI licensing. |
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1 online resource(vi,370pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110305234（electronic bk.） |
| Index Number: | P299 |
| CLC: | H04 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Beyond "any" and "ever" / Mapping the West Germanic any s / Polarity items in Strawsonian contexts A comparison / From ghw er to either: The distribution of a negative polarity item in historical perspective / Evaluability An alternative approach to polarity sensitivity / How to get even with desires and imperatives / On NPI licensing in possibility conditionals / An analogy between a connected exceptive phrase and polarity items / The chance of being an NPI / The modal need VP gap (non)anomaly / Minimizers Towards pragmatic licensing / Revisiting the licensing problem through understating NPIs The Case of Japanese anmari (not) very/much / Really all that clear? / Polarity in context / Index. |