Downward Entailing and Chinese Polarity Items

by Li Chen

Book Overview

Polarity phenomena are pervasively observed in natural languages. Previous studies on Chinese polarity items are mainly in line with the non-veridicality approach. This book, however, employs the downward-entailing hypothesis as its analytical foundation, and argues that downward entailment is the only licensor for different kinds of Chinese polarity items, and non-veridicality is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition and thus offers inferior...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367590786
• ISBN13: 9780367590789
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"