Negative indefinites
Penka, DorisAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
Doris Penka delivers a unified analysis of the semantics and syntax of negative indefinites - as in the expressions nobody nothing, never and nowhere - and their counterparts in other languages. Contrary to standard assumptions, the author argues that these expressions are not inherently negative and are only licensed by a covert negation.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Doris Penka delivers a unified analysis of the semantics and syntax of negative indefinites - as in the expressions nobody nothing, never and nowhere - and their counterparts in other languages. Contrary to standard assumptions, the author argues that these expressions are not inherently negative and are only licensed by a covert negation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Grammar, Comparative and general
Polarity (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general
Semantics
Languages & Literatures
Philology & Linguistics