Expression and interpretation of negation an OT typology

This study in cross-linguistic semantics explores the territory where logic, natural language and typology meet. While we can all understand the semantics of negation in its role of altering truth values, this ambitious book aims to take the reader much further. A unified analysis of the linguistic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Swart, Henriette de, 1961- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht ; London : Springer 2010.
Colección:Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ; v. 77.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Negation in a Cross-Linguistic Perspective
  • Expressive and Interpretive Optimization
  • Markedness of Negation
  • A Typology of Negative Indefinites
  • Sentential Negation and Negative Indefinites
  • Double Negation in Negative Concord Languages
  • Conclusion and Further Perspectives.