Perspectives on Negation and Polarity Items

This study hypothesises that neg-raising is a cognitive phenomenon which arises while the human mind is processing the content of the sentence under the normal assumption of closed world. A 'neg-raised sentence' conveys an epistemic attitude towards the proposition expressed by the subordi...

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Main Authors Hoeksema, Jack, Rullmann, Hotze, Sánchez-Valencia, Víctor, Wouden, Ton van der
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands John Benjamins Publishing Company 2001
John Benjamins
Edition1
SeriesLinguistics today
Subjects
Congresses
Grammar, Comparative and general
Language
Negatives
Polarity (Linguistics)
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Summary:This study hypothesises that neg-raising is a cognitive phenomenon which arises while the human mind is processing the content of the sentence under the normal assumption of closed world. A 'neg-raised sentence' conveys an epistemic attitude towards the proposition expressed by the subordinate clause. The hedge consists in making it clear that a certain conclusion is compatible with the current information state, but cannot be proven.
ISBN:9027299161
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