Studies on Negation

Syntax, Semantics, and Variation

Contributions by Anne Breitbarth Contributions by Silvio Cruschina Contributions by Karen De Clercq Contributions by Cecilia Poletto Contributions by Adam Ledgeway Contributions by Maria Barouni Contributions by Michel Hanstein Contributions by Jakob Steixner Contributions by Doris Penka Contributions by Katharina Hartmann Contributions by Eva-Maria Remberger Edited by Silvio Cruschina Edited by Katharina Hartmann Edited by Eva-Maria Remberger

Book cover: Studies on Negation

Extent: 216 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Language & Linguistics

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2016)

ISBN: 9783847105602

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $74.00

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Negation is a universal feature of human language that is inherently logical in nature, presents typologically diverse manifestations, and plays a fundamental role in the mapping between syntactic structure and semantic interpretation.


Negation is a universal feature of human language that is inherently logical in nature, presents typologically diverse manifestations, and plays a fundamental role in the mapping between syntactic structure and semantic interpretation. The aim of this volume is to complement the vast body of research literature by offering a set of cutting-edge studies on negation. All the contributions are related to recent questions bearing on the syntax and semantics of negative elements and the variation in their form, and follow the central assumption that a proper understanding of the multifaceted expression of negation is central to our understanding of the grammar as a whole. With this in mind, different approaches and a variety of empirical and analytic details have been included in this volume. Negation ist eine universelle Eigenschaft der menschlichen Sprache. Als primare Disziplin der Logik tritt Negation in typologisch unterschiedlichsten Erscheinungsformen auf und spielt eine grosse Rolle fur die Syntax-Semantik-Schnittstelle. Mit diesem Band soll die umfassende Forschungsliteratur zur Negation durch eine Reihe von aktuellen Studien erganzt werden. Alle Beitrage beziehen sich auf Fragen oder Kontroversen, die sich mit der Syntax, Semantik und Variation negativer Elemente befassen, und gehen von der Annahme aus, dass ein grundlegendes Verstandnis der verschiedenen Realisierungen der Negation zentral fur unser Grammatikverstandnis ist. Die hier veroffentlichten Beitrage berucksichtigen verschiedene Herangehensweisen und eine Vielfalt empirischer und analytischer Details.

  • Contributions by Anne Breitbarth
  • Contributions by Silvio Cruschina
  • Contributions by Karen De Clercq
  • Contributions by Cecilia Poletto
  • Contributions by Adam Ledgeway
  • Contributions by Maria Barouni
  • Contributions by Michel Hanstein
  • Contributions by Jakob Steixner
  • Contributions by Doris Penka
  • Contributions by Katharina Hartmann
  • Contributions by Eva-Maria Remberger
  • Edited by Silvio Cruschina
  • Edited by Katharina Hartmann
  • Edited by Eva-Maria Remberger