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OverviewThis research emphasizes semantic, syntactic and pragmatic considerations illustrating a wide array of linguistic approaches. Written from within the theoretical framework of Generalized Quantifiers, the three main areas considered are collocations, polarity items and multiple negations. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ton van der WoudenPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.498kg ISBN: 9781138868281ISBN 10: 1138868280 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 09 June 2015 Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Part I Collocations 1 Introduction to Part I 2 First orientation 3 Lexical items 4 The nature of collocational restrictions 5 Combinability 6 The idiosyncrasy of collocations 7 Summary and concluding remarks Part II Polarity items 1 Introduction to Part II 3 What is a negative context? 4 Degrees of negativity 5 Negations and polarity items: towards a classification 6 Negative contexts and downward monotonicity 7 Some remarks on scope 8 Conclusion: polarity items Part III Multiple negations 1 Introduction to Part III 2 Negative concord 3 Weakening of negation: litotes 4 Denial 5 Emphatic negation 6 ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationTon van der Wouden has previously held research positions in computational linguistics, computational lexicography and theoretical linguistics and has published in these fields. He has recently been a visiting scholar at Yale University and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Groningen. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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