The grammar of negative polarity items is one of the challenges for linguistic theory. NPIs cross-cut all traditional categories in grammar and semantics, yet their distribution is by no means arbitrary. Theories of NPI licensing have been proposed in terms of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics - each with its own merits and problems. The volume comprises state-of-the-art studies and suggests an interpolation approach to NPI licensing.

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Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

Year

2013

ISBN

9783110305234

Edition

Topic

Languages & Linguistics

Subtopic

Linguistics

Index

Languages & Linguistics

Acknowledgements
Beyond “any” and “ever”
Mapping the West Germanic any’s
Polarity items in Strawsonian contexts – A comparison
From æghwæðer to either: The distribution of a negative polarity item in historical perspective
Evaluability – An Alternative Approach to Polarity Sensitivity
How to get even with desires and imperatives
On NPI Licensing in Possibility Conditionals
An analogy between a connected exceptive phrase and polarity items
The chance of being an NPI
The modal need VP gap (non)anomaly
Minimizers – Towards pragmatic licensing
Revisiting the Licensing Problem through Understating NPIs: The Case of Japanese Anmari ‘(not) very/much’
Really all that clear?
Polarity in Context
Subject index