N-words and sentential negation: evidence from polarity particles and VP-ellipsis
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| Publication date | 2013 |
| Journal | Semantics and Pragmatics |
| Article number | 7 |
| Volume | Issue number | 6 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
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| Abstract | A prominent treatment of n-words such as nobody and never is as indefinite expressions occurring in the scope of a covert sentential negation operator. This paper presents three experiments using two novel strategies based on polarity particles and VP ellipsis to test the predictions of this treatment of n-words. The first experiment tests a particular prediction of recent accounts of polarity particles with respect to agreeing responses to negative assertions. The other two extend the inquiry to cases involving n-words. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.6.7 |
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