Perspectives on negation and polarity items /
This study hypothesises that neg-raising is a cognitive phenomenon which arises while the human mind is processing the content of the sentence under the normal assumption of closed world. A 'neg-raised sentence' conveys an epistemic attitude towards the proposition expressed by the subordi...
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| Формат: | Licensed eBooks |
| Язык: | английский |
| Опубликовано: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub.,
[2001]
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| Серии: | Linguistik aktuell ;
Bd. 40. |
| Online-ссылка: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253362 |
| Итог: | This study hypothesises that neg-raising is a cognitive phenomenon which arises while the human mind is processing the content of the sentence under the normal assumption of closed world. A 'neg-raised sentence' conveys an epistemic attitude towards the proposition expressed by the subordinate clause. The hedge consists in making it clear that a certain conclusion is compatible with the current information state, but cannot be proven |
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| Примечание: | Papers presented at a conference held at the University of Groningen in August 1996 |
| Объем: | 1 online resource (xi, 366 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 9789027299161 9027299161 9781282163362 1282163361 9786612163364 6612163364 9781556197932 1556197934 9781905319633 |
| ISSN: | 0166-0829 ; |