N-words and sentential negation: Evidence from polarity particles and VP ellipsis

被引：12

作者：

Brasoveanu, Adrian ^{[1
]}

Farkas, Donka ^{[1
]}

Roelofsen, Floris ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] UCSC, Dept Linguist, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA

[2] ILLC Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

来源：

SEMANTICS & PRAGMATICS | 2013年 / 6卷

关键词：

N-words; negation; polarity particles; VP ellipsis;

D O I：

10.3765/sp.6.7

中图分类号：

H0 [语言学];

学科分类号：

030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;

摘要：

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.

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