Negative indefinites
Auteur :
Penka, Doris
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199567270
Date de publication :
16 déc. 2010
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,7 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
430 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Doris Penka delivers a unified analysis of the semantics and syntax of negative indefinites - as in the expressions nobody, nothing, never and nowhere - and their counterparts in other languages. Contrary to standard assumptions, the author argues that these expressions are not inherently negative and are only licensed by a covert negation.