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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ;
32. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199567263 0199567263 9780191723261 0191723266 |