Before revision: However, negative raising is known to license strict NPIs, as seen in the following example, where the negation is in the main clause rather than the embedded clause: Stanley doesn't believe that Carolyn will breathe a word about it Phrase structure showing NEG- raising licensing a strict NPI 468x468px This suggests that the negation originates in the embedded clause, as sister to the VP breathe a word, thus satisfying the locality of selection, being in the embedded clause before participating in raising, moving first to spec CP, and then to its host in the main clause.
After revision: frameless|However, negative raising is known to license strict NPIs, as seen in the following example, where the negation is in the main clause rather than the embedded clause: Stanley doesn't believe that Carolyn will breathe a word about it Phrase structure showing NEG- raising licensing a strict NPI 468x468px This suggests that the negation originates in the embedded clause, as sister to the VP breathe a word, thus satisfying the locality of selection, being in the embedded clause before participating in raising, moving first to spec CP, and then to its host in the main clause.