The Morphosyntax of Negative Markers A Nanosyntactic Account

The Morphosyntax of Negative Markers A Nanosyntactic Account

This book applies the tools of nanosyntax to the natural language phenomenon of negation. Most work on negation is concerned with the study of sentence negation, while low scope negation or constituent negation is hardly ever systematically discussed in the literature. The present book aims to fill...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Clercq, Karen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter Mouton, [2020]
Series:Studies in generative grammar ; 144.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Negatives.
Adjectives.
Adjektive.
Nanosyntax.
Negation.
Typologie.
Typology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax.
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Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theoretical background: Nanosyntax
  • 3. Classification of negative markers
  • 4. The crosslinguistic morphosyntax of negative markers
  • 5. The internal syntax of a negative marker
  • 6. The external syntax of negative markers in English
  • 7. Diachronic change in French
  • 8. Other syntactic perspectives on negation
  • 9. Semantics
  • 10. Conclusion

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