Parametric variation in subordinate evaluative negation: Korean/Japanese versus others

• Published in: Journal of East Asian linguistics Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 133 - 166
• Main Author: Yoon, Suwon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.05.2013; Springer Netherlands
• Subjects: Chinese; Comparative Linguistics; Expletives; Grammatical clauses; Grammatical moods; Japanese; Korean; Language and Literature; Licensing; Linguistic subordination; Linguistics; Mood; Negation; Polarity; Predicates; Semantics; Social Sciences; Subjunctive mood; Subordination; Theoretical Linguistics; Truth; Verbs; Subjunctive mood; Nonveridicality; Polarity; Variation; Multiple layers of doxastic states; Expletive/evaluative negation
• ISSN: 0925-8558; 1572-8560
• DOI: 10.1007/s10831-012-9100-0

The main claim of this paper is that a general theory of what has been called "expletive" negation in subordinate clauses should allow for the possibility of it occurring without being licensed by negative predicates, and more crucially that, contrary to the traditional term "expletiv...