Negation and Negative Dependencies

by Hedde Zeijlstra

This book presents a novel overarching account of negation and negative dependencies, based on novel data from language variation, language acquisition, and language change. Negation is a universal property of natural language, but languages can significantly differ in how they express it: there is variation in the form and position of negative elements, the number of manifestations of negative morphemes, and in the restrictions on the use of Negative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198833237
• ISBN13: 9780198833239
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"