In this chapter, we discuss the distribution and lexical properties of common varieties of
negative polarity items (NPIs) and positive polarity items (PPIs). We establish first that NPIs …

Previous psycholinguistics studies have shown that when forming a long distance
dependency in online processing, the parser sometimes accepts a sentence even though …

This introduction addresses some key issues and questions in the study of negation and
polarity. Focussing on negative polarity and negative indefinites, it summarizes research …

Gricean Circle, 84 Gricean Maxims, 353, 373 grounding biological, 3, 349, 354, 358, 372,
373 cognitive, 109, 117 hedge attitudinal hedge, 326, 330, 338, 341 epistemic hedge, 323 …

The received view on the distribution of polarity items is that positive polarity items (PPIs)
such as something are found in positive contexts; they are anti-licensed by negative …

Abstract Since Ladusaw (1979) the term 'free choice indefinite'is the generally accepted term
for the meaning of any in primarily modal and generic sentences, such as Any owl hunts …

Dans le cadre d'une sémantique linguistique reposant sur la distinction signification/sens et
partant du principe que le sens se construit en discours, nos recherches ont pour objectif de …

In this chapter, I propose a new analysis of the binominal each construction, illustrated in (5)
below. This construction is of interest because it presents the quantifier each in a non …

This dissertation examines the acquisition of a phenomenon that lies at the interface of logic
and grammar. Polarity-sensitive items (PSIs), including negative polarity items (NPIs) such …

In some recent works on negative polarity, exhaustivity is posited as the single defining
property of all negative polarity item (NPI) and free choice item (FCI) paradigms. Chierchia …