E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 003, 216 Seiten
Cruschina / Hartmann / Remberger Studies on Negation
1. Auflage 2016
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Syntax, Semantics, and Variation
E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 003, 216 Seiten
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ISBN: 978-3-8470-0560-5
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1;Title Page;4
2;Copyright;5
3;Table of Contents;6
4;Silvio Cruschina, Katharina Hartmann & Eva-Maria Remberger: Introduction;8
5;Body;8
5.1;1. Presentation of the volume;8
5.2;2. Themes of the volume;9
5.2.1;2.1 Syntactic representation of negation;10
5.2.2;2.2 Types of negative markers;12
5.2.3;2.3 Scope readings in negative contexts;14
5.3;3. Structure and contents of this volume;14
5.4;Acknowledgements;18
5.5;References;19
6;Anne Breitbarth: Jespersen's Cycle Minimize Structure + Feature Economy;22
6.1;1. Overview;22
6.2;2. Jespersen's Cycle in historical Low German;23
6.3;3. NegP approaches to Jespersen's cycle;26
6.4;4. Jespersen's Cycle without NegP;31
6.4.1;4.1 Penka's NegP-free approach to NC and negation typology;31
6.4.2;4.2 Jespersen's Cycle (and negation typology) Minimize Structure + Feature Economy;32
6.4.3;4.3 Back to Jespersen's Cycle in historical Low German;39
6.5;5. No one's problem;40
6.6;6. Conclusion;45
6.7;References;46
7;Karen De Clercq: The nanosyntax of French negation: A diachronic perspective;50
7.1;1. Introduction;51
7.2;2. Jespersen's Cycle;52
7.3;3. Classifying negative markers;56
7.4;4. The Nanosyntax of negation;61
7.5;5. French;69
7.5.1;5.1 Le bon usage French;69
7.5.2;5.2 Colloquial French;73
7.5.3;5.3 A note on diachronic change;75
7.5.4;5.4 A note on negative arguments;76
7.5.5;5.5 Summary;76
7.6;6. Conclusion;77
7.7;References;77
8;Cecilia Poletto: Negative Doubling: In favour of a “Big NegP” analysis;82
8.1;1. Introduction;82
8.2;2. On the internal layering of NegP;84
8.2.1;2.1 Movement of negative markers;88
8.3;3. Negative doubling and clitic doubling;92
8.3.1;3.1 NegP doubling has the same properties as DP doubling;93
8.3.2;3.2 Clause bound phenomenon;95
8.3.3;3.3 Constituent negation;95
8.4;4. Possible combinations between negative markers;96
8.5;5. The internal structure of NegP;100
8.6;6. Concluding remarks;102
8.7;References;103
9;Adam Ledgeway: Marking presuppositional negation in the dialects of southern Italy;106
9.1;1. Introduction;107
9.2;2. Southern Italian negator manco;108
9.2.1;2.1 Northern Calabrian mancu;110
9.2.1.1;2.1.1 Northern Calabrian Presuppositional Negation: Syntactic Marking;112
9.3;3. Salentino filu;114
9.3.1;3.1 Salentino presuppositional negation: lexical marking;116
9.3.2;3.2 Florentine punto: A short excursus;122
9.3.3;3.3 Salentino filu revisited;124
9.4;4. Calabrian mancu revisited;126
9.5;5. Conclusion;127
9.6;References;129
10;Maria Barouni: Challenging the strict vs. non-strict distinction of Negative Concord: A syntactic proposal;132
10.1;1. Introduction;133
10.1.1;1.1 Negative Concord in Greek;133
10.1.2;1.2 New evidence. Class of ou- elements;134
10.2;2. Zeijlstra's theory and the class of ou-elements;136
10.2.1;2.1 Zeijlstra (2004, 2008a,b);136
10.2.2;2.2 The negative operator;138
10.2.3;2.3 Applying Zeijlstra's (2004, 2008a,b) and B&Z's (2012) theory;139
10.3;3. Status of the NMs in NCLs;141
10.3.1;3.1 Criteria for the status of NMs;141
10.3.1.1;3.1.1 Different readings with quantificational DPs;141
10.3.1.2;3.1.2 Data in conflict: evidence from Greek, Romanian, Italian and Spanish;142
10.3.1.3;3.1.3 Non-strict NC languages;144
10.3.2;3.2 (Non) optionality of the NM;146
10.4;4. The proposal;147
10.4.1;4.1 Status of the NMs;147
10.4.2;4.2 Status of n-words: n-words with interpretable versions, [iNEG] or [uNEG];149
10.4.3;4.3 Is there independent evidence for the existence of the covert operator?;152
10.5;5. Predictions of the theory;153
10.6;6. Summary;153
10.7;References;154
11;Jakob Steixner: Focus Intervention and Double Negation in Bavarian;158
11.1;1. Introduction;159
11.2;2. Basic Properties of Bavarian Negative Concord;161
11.2.1;2.1 Optionality of NC;161
11.2.2;2.2 Intervening elements;162
11.3;3. Syntax of Bavarian Negative Concord;163
11.3.1;3.1 A low position of the negation marker ned;164
11.3.2;3.2 The negative operator;166
11.3.3;3.3 Deriving double negation;168
11.3.4;3.4 Agree vs. Absorption;169
11.4;4. Negative Concord and information structure;171
11.4.1;4.1 Background;171
11.4.2;4.2 Contrastivity;171
11.4.2.1;4.2.1 Contrast on DPs preceding ned;171
11.4.2.2;4.2.2 ned-NI orders and contrastivity;174
11.4.3;4.3 Focus and intervention effects;175
11.4.4;4.4 Quantifying adverbs;177
11.4.4.1;4.4.1 Blocking of NC with ?often';177
11.4.4.2;4.4.2 NC and ?often' with Topicalization;178
11.5;5. Summary and Outlook;180
11.6;References;182
12;Doris Penka: Splitting at most;186
12.1;1. Introduction;186
12.2;2. Superlative modifiers and ignorance inferences;189
12.2.1;2.1 Speaker insecurity and authoritative readings of at least and at most;189
12.2.2;2.2 Ignorance inferences as quantity implicatures;191
12.2.3;2.3 Interaction of superlative modifiers with necessity modals;194
12.2.4;2.4 Interaction of superlative modifiers with possibility modals;197
12.2.5;2.5 Summary of predictions of the neo-Gricean account;199
12.3;3. A decompositional analysis of at most;199
12.3.1;3.1 Decomposing at most;199
12.3.2;3.2 Alternatives and ignorance inferences of at most;201
12.3.3;3.3 Interaction of at most with possibility modals;202
12.3.4;3.4 Interaction of at most with necessity modals;206
12.4;4. A unified analysis of split scope?;209
12.5;5. Summary and conclusion;210
12.6;References;211
13;Index;214
