Soft but Strong. Neg-raising, Soft Triggers, and Exhaustification
Contributors: Chierchia, Gennaro; Heim, Irene; Fox, Danny; Nickel, Bernhard
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Description: In this thesis, I focus on scalar implicatures, presuppositions and their connections. In chapter 2, I propose a scalar implicature-based account of neg-raising inferences, standardly analyzed as a presuppositional phenomenon (Gajewski 2005, 2007). I show that an approach based on scalar implicatures can straightforwardly account for the differences and similarities between neg-raising predicates and presuppositional triggers.
Notes: Keywords: Intervention effects, Negative Polarity Items, Neg-raising, Presuppositions, Scalar Implicatures, Soft triggers.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2012