Penka, Doris.
Negative indefinites [electronic resource] / Doris Penka. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 264 p.) : ill. - Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 32 . - Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 32. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Doris Penka delivers a unified analysis of the semantics and syntax of negative indefinites - as in the expressions nobody nothing, never and nowhere - and their counterparts in other languages. Contrary to standard assumptions, the author argues that these expressions are not inherently negative and are only licensed by a covert negation.
9780191723261 (ebook) : No price
Definiteness (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general--Negatives.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Determiners.
Semantics.
P299.D43
415
Negative indefinites [electronic resource] / Doris Penka. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 264 p.) : ill. - Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 32 . - Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 32. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Doris Penka delivers a unified analysis of the semantics and syntax of negative indefinites - as in the expressions nobody nothing, never and nowhere - and their counterparts in other languages. Contrary to standard assumptions, the author argues that these expressions are not inherently negative and are only licensed by a covert negation.
9780191723261 (ebook) : No price
Definiteness (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general--Negatives.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Determiners.
Semantics.
P299.D43
415