Beyond 'Any' and 'Ever' : : New Explorations in Negative Polarity Sensitivity / / ed. by Regine Eckardt, Manfred Sailer, Eva Csipak, Mingya Liu.
The grammar of negative polarity items is one of the challenges for linguistic theory. NPIs cross-cut all traditional categories in grammar and semantics, yet their distribution is by no means arbitrary. Theories of NPI licensing have been proposed in terms of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics - eac...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Beyond “any” and “ever” -- Mapping the West Germanic any’s -- Polarity items in Strawsonian contexts – A comparison -- From æghwæðer to either: The distribution of a negative polarity item in historical perspective -- Evaluability – An alternative approach to polarity sensitivity -- How to get even with desires and imperatives -- On NPI licensing in possibility conditionals -- An analogy between a connected exceptive phrase and polarity items -- The chance of being an NPI -- The modal need VP gap (non)anomaly -- Minimizers – Towards pragmatic licensing -- Revisiting the licensing problem through understating NPIs – The Case of Japanese anmari ‘(not) very/much’ -- Really all that clear? -- Polarity in context -- Index |
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Summary: | The grammar of negative polarity items is one of the challenges for linguistic theory. NPIs cross-cut all traditional categories in grammar and semantics, yet their distribution is by no means arbitrary. Theories of NPI licensing have been proposed in terms of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics - each with its own merits and problems. The volume comprises state-of-the-art studies and suggests an interpolation approach to NPI licensing. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110305234 9783110238570 9783110238457 9783110636970 9783110742961 9783110317350 9783110317244 9783110317237 |
ISSN: | 1861-4302 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110305234 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Regine Eckardt, Manfred Sailer, Eva Csipak, Mingya Liu. |