Negative concord in fragments: Reexamining the evidence against the negativity of negation markers

I argue that particular restrictions on the recoverability of elided negation in fragment answers in negative-concord languages follow from the semantics of questions. Drawing parallels with other ellipsis phenomena, I also highlight the role of Agree in making certain heads recoverable. This invali...

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Published inGlossa (London) Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21
Main Author Rudnev, Pavel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Ubiquity Press 24.06.2024
Subjects
Ellipsis
Grammatical agreement
Negation
Quantifiers
Questions
Semantics
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Summary:I argue that particular restrictions on the recoverability of elided negation in fragment answers in negative-concord languages follow from the semantics of questions. Drawing parallels with other ellipsis phenomena, I also highlight the role of Agree in making certain heads recoverable. This invalidates a major argument against the analysis of negative-concord items as universal quantifiers scoping above negation.
ISSN:2397-1835
2397-1835
DOI:10.16995/glossa.10441