Negation and Polarity: Syntactic and Semantic Perspectives
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Negation and Polarity: Syntactic and Semantic Perspectives
Negation and Polarity: Syntactic and Semantic Perspectives

Negation and Polarity: Syntactic and Semantic Perspectives

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Laurence R. Horn (Contributor) Yasuhiko Kato (Contributor)  

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Negation is a central feature of language and cognition, interacting with all areas of grammar as well as with the philosophy of language. Whereas there is a cross-linguistic uniformity in logical and semantic aspects of negation, there is a diversity of syntactic and morphological forms and rules. This asymmetry in function and form poses problems for syntactic and universal grammar theory and for the study of the interface between syntax and discourse. It is particularly evident in negative polarity-words and phrases which can appear only in negative sentences. The exploration of negation and negative polarity phenomena and their implications for linguistic theory are the main themes of this book.
Laurence R. Horn is Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Linguistics at Yale University. His primary research interest is located within the union (if not the intersection) of traditional logic, neo-Gricean pragmatic theory, lexical semantics, and the analysis of negation.
  • Contributor: Laurence R. Horn
  • Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780198238744
  • Number of Pages: 282
  • Packaged Dimensions: 163x242x21mm
  • Packaged Weight: 554
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Release Date: 2000-08-03
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Laurence R. Horn is Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Linguistics at Yale University. His primary research interest is located within the union (if not the intersection) of traditional logic, neo-Gricean pragmatic theory, lexical semantics, and the analysis of negation.

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