Expression and Interpretation of Negation: An OT Typology - Couverture souple

Livre 12 sur 60: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

De Swart, Henriëtte

 
9789400731189: Expression and Interpretation of Negation: An OT Typology
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ISBN 10 : 9400731183 ISBN 13 : 9789400731189
Editeur : Springer, 2012

Synopsis

This study in cross-linguistic semantics deploys the framework of bi-directional Optimality Theory to develop a typology of the relationship between syntax and semantics in negation markers and negation indefinites.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This study in cross-linguistic semantics explores the territory where logic, natural language and typology meet. While we can all understand the semantics of negation in its role of altering truth values, this ambitious book aims to take the reader much further. A unified analysis of the linguistic 'behavior' of negation is hampered by the myriad variations in its syntax and semantics in languages around the world. This is true not just for the expression of negatives, but for their interpretation too. De Swart deploys the framework of bi-directional Optimality Theory to develop a typology of the relationship between syntax and semantics in negation markers and negative indefinites. In this model, syntactic and semantic constraints act in concert to define the grammar of a language. Some languages are 'double negative' some 'negative concord' and others belong to subclasses identified by 'strict negative concord' 'nonstrict negative concord' or 'negative spread' In addition to the above, the author analyses intermediate cases, and examines complex instances of double negation occurring in negative concord languages. Her OT analysis of the Jespersen cycle brings together typological and diachronic variation. This book's unique combination of theoretical precision and wide empirical coverage make it essential reading for any researcher approaching semantic typology from a logical, linguistic or cognitive perspective.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This study in cross-linguistic semantics deploys the framework of bi-directional Optimality Theory to develop a typology of the relationship between syntax and semantics in negation markers and negation indefinites.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9400731183
ISBN 13 
9789400731189
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
300
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Poststr. 9
Darmstadt
64293
Allemagne

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ISBN 10 :  9048131618 ISBN 13 :  9789048131617
Editeur : Springer, 2009
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