Negative indefinites

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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 an...

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Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics vol. 32
1. Verfasser:
Penka, Doris
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Zusammenfassung:
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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 264 p.) : ill.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics Negative indefinites
ISBN:
9780191723261 (ebook) :
0191723266 (ebook) :
Schlagworte:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Negatives.
Polarity (Linguistics) > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Semantics.
Languages & Literatures
Philology & Linguistics
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