Negation and polarity : syntax and semantics : selected papers from the Colloquium Negation: Syntax and Semantics, Ottawa, 11-13 May 1995 /

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Meeting name:	Colloquium Negation: Syntax and Semantics (1995 : Ottawa, Ont.)
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1997.
Description:	viii, 365 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English French
Series:	Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory v. 155
Subject:	Grammar, Comparative and general -- Negatives -- Congresses. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax -- Congresses. Semantics -- Congresses. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Negatives. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. Semantics. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2954151

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Other authors / contributors:	Forget, Danielle, 1952-
ISBN:	9027236607 (Eur. : alk. paper) 155619871X (US : alk. paper)
Notes:	Selected rev. papers of an international conference held at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, under the auspices of the Département des lettres françaises and the Department of Linguistics. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Chiefly in English; includes two papers in French.

Table of Contents:

1. Foreword
2. The\Syntax of French Negative Adverbs
3. The\Syntax of Sentential Negation in French and English
4. A\Non-Unified Analysis of Negative Concord
5. Non-Negative Negation and Wh-Exclamatives
6. Long-Distance Licensing of Negative Indefinites
7. The\Syntax of N-Words and the Neg Criterion
8. Negation and Negative Concord in Middle Dutch
9. Negative Polarity and the Dynamics of Vertical Inference
10. Negation as a Reflex of Clause Structure
11. The\Scalar Model of Polarity Sensitivity
12. La\négation comme expression procédurale
13. De partitif et la négation
14. Negation and Indefinites in Maori
15. Extending the Notion of Negative Concord
16. The\Role of Focus in the Licensing and Interpretation of Negative Polarity Items
17. Jespersen, Negative Concord and A'-Binding
18. Neg-Movement and Wh-Movement
19. Index of Authors
20. Index of Terms & Concepts
21. Index of Languages & Language Families

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