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Beyond 'Any' and 'Ever': New Explorations in Negative Polarity Sensitivity: 262
Author(s): Csipak
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication Date: 10 Nov. 2017
- Language: English
- Print length: 378 pages
- ISBN-10: 3110303728
- ISBN-13: 9783110303728
Book Description
The grammar of negative polarity items is one of the challengesfor linguistic theory. NPIs cross-cut all traditional categories in grammar and semantics, yet their distribution is by no means arbitrary. Theories of NPI licensing have been proposed in terms of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics – each with its own merits and problems. The volume comprises state-of-the-art studies and suggests an interpolation approach to NPI licensing.
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About the Author
Eva Csipak, University of Göttingen, Germany; Regine Eckardt, University of Göttingen, Germany; Mingya Liu, University of Beijing, China; Manfred Sailer, University Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
