Title: Negative indefinites
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.
Subjects: Comparative and general Grammar, Polarity (Linguistics), Negatives, Semantics, Syntax, Grammar, comparative and general, Definiteness (Linguistics), Determiners