Negative indefinites
By: Doris Penka
Series: Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics -- no. 32
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780199567263; 9780199567270
Subjects: Comparative and general Grammar; Polarity (Linguistics); Negatives; Semantics; Syntax
Description: 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.
Notes: Revised ed. of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Tübingen, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-259) and index.