Overview

Negation is a central feature of language and cognition, interacting with all areas of grammar as well as with the philosophy of language. Whereas there is a cross-linguistic uniformity in logical and semantic aspects of negation, there is a diversity of syntactic and morphological forms and rules. This asymmetry in function and form poses problems for syntactic and universal grammar theory and for the study of the interface between syntax and discourse. It is particularly evident in negative polarityDSwords and phrases which can appear only in negative sentences. The exploration of negation and negative polarity phenomena and their implications for linguistic theory are the main themes of this book.

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Author:   Laurence R. Horn (Professor of Linguistics and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor of Linguistics and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Yale University) ,  Yasuhiko Kato (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Sophia University, Tokyo)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.419kg
ISBN:  

9780198238737

ISBN 10:   0198238738
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   03 August 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

c IntroductionLaurence R. Horn and Yasuhiko Kato: Negation and Polarity at the Millennium 1: Liliane Haegeman: Negative Preposing, Negative Inversion, and the Split CP 2: Yasuhiko Kato: Interpretive Asymmetries of Negation 3: Ljiljana Progovac: Coordination, C-Command, and 'Logophoric' N-Words 4: Jack Hoeksema: Negative Polarity Items Triggering, Scope, and C-Command 5: Laurence R. Horn: Pick a Theory (any Theory) Indiscriminatives and the Free-Choice Indefinite 6: Paul Portner and Raffaella Zanuttini: The Force of Negation in Wh Exclamatives and Interrogatives 7: William A. Ladusaw: Thetic and Categorical, Stage and Individual, Weak and Strong 8: Masa-aki Yamanashi: Negative Inference, Space Construal, and Grammaticalization

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this volume succeeds in generating a lively internal debate Steve Nicolle, SIL International Book Reviews

`a good overview of the important current issues' Notes on Linguistics 3.4

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Laurence R. Horn is Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Linguistics at Yale University. His primary research interest is located within the union (if not the intersection) of traditional logic, neo-Gricean pragmatic theory, lexical semantics, and the analysis of negation.

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