Negative contexts: collocation, polarity and multiple negation

by Wouden, Ton van der

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Ton van der Wouden's account of negative contexts emphasizes pragmatic considerations, as well as semantic and syntactic ones.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Negative contexts : collocation, polarity and multiple negation / Ton van der Wouden.

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Ton van der Wouden's account of negative contexts emphasizes pragmatic considerations, as well as semantic and syntactic ones.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1997.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1997.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xi, 301 p).

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn928718250
  • LC Classification:P325.5.C56
  • Dewey Decimal:415

Table of Contents

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction to Part I; First orientation; Lexical items; The nature of collocational restrictions; Combinability; The idiosyncrasy of collocations; Summary and concluding remarks; Introduction to Part II; The characterization and classification of polarity items; What is a negative context?; Degrees of negativity; Negations and polarity items: towards a classification; Negative contexts and downward monotonicity; Some remarks on scope; Conclusion: polarity items; Introduction to Part III; Negative concord; Weakening of negation: litotes; Denial.

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