The Evolution of Negation
Beyond the Jespersen Cycle
Why do grammars change? The cycle of negation proposed by Jespersen is crucially linked to the status of items and phrases. The definition of criteria establishing when a polarity item becomes a negative element, and the identification of the role of phrases for the evolution of negation are the two objectives pursued by the contributions to this volume. The contributions look at the emergence of negative items, and their relation within a given sentence, with particular reference to English and French. The comparative perspective supports the documentation of the fine-grained steps that shed light on the factors that (i) determine change an…
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Weitere Autoren: Ingham, Richard (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-11-023860-0
- EAN: 9783110238600
- Produktnummer: 11774609
- Verlag: De Gruyter Mouton
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 350 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.5 cm 685 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 235
- Gewicht: 685
Über den Autor
Pierre Larrivée, Aston University, Coventry, UK; Richard Ingham, Birmingham City University, UK.y University, UK.
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