This research emphasizes semantic, syntactic and pragmatic considerations illustrating a wide array of linguistic approaches. Written from within the theoretical framework of Generalized Quantifiers, the three main areas considered are collocations, polarity items and multiple negations.

About Ton van der Wouden

Ton van der Wouden has previously held research positions in computational linguistics, computational lexicography and theoretical linguistics and has published in these fields. He has recently been a visiting scholar at Yale University and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Groningen.

Preface Part I Collocations 1 Introduction to Part I 2 First orientation 3 Lexical items 4 The nature of collocational restrictions 5 Combinability 6 The idiosyncrasy of collocations 7 Summary and concluding remarks Part II Polarity items 1 Introduction to Part II 3 What is a negative context? 4 Degrees of negativity 5 Negations and polarity items: towards a classification 6 Negative contexts and downward monotonicity 7 Some remarks on scope 8 Conclusion: polarity items Part III Multiple negations 1 Introduction to Part III 2 Negative concord 3 Weakening of negation: litotes 4 Denial 5 Emphatic negation 6 Conclusion

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ISBN 13

9781138868281

ISBN 10

1138868280

Title

Negative Contexts: Collocation, Polarity and Multiple Negation by Ton van der Wouden

Author

Ton van der Wouden

Series

Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

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New

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Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

2015-06-09

Number of pages

320

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Negative Contexts: Collocation, Polarity and Multiple Negation by Ton van der Wouden

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