Negative indefinites /

Doris Penka delivers a unified analysis of the semantics and syntax of negative indefinites - as in the expressions nobody, nothing, never and nowhere - and their counterparts in other languages. Contrary to standard assumptions, the author argues that these expressions are not inherently negative a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Penka, Doris
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 32.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Doris Penka delivers a unified analysis of the semantics and syntax of negative indefinites - as in the expressions nobody, nothing, never and nowhere - and their counterparts in other languages. Contrary to standard assumptions, the author argues that these expressions are not inherently negative and are only licensed by a covert negation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199567263
0199567263
9780191723261
0191723266