Negation Raising : Logical Form and Linguistic Variation.

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Author / Creator:Moscati, Vincenzo.
Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.
Description:1 online resource (156 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11171725
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ISBN:9781443825337
1443825336
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Summary:With this book, the author explores the syntax of negative sentences, tracing the fine-grained contours of linguistic variation and offering a detailed cartographic representation of the distribution of negative markers. The goal is to show the existing tension in language between the variable surface realization of negation and its stable logical representation. In order to solve this tension and to unify the interpretation of negative sentences, a mapping operation, LF-Negation Raising, is ...
Other form:Print version: Moscati, Vincenzo. Negation Raising : Logical Form and Linguistic Variation. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2010 9781443825061