Negation is a universal component of human language; polarity sensitivity (ie, lexical
distributional constraints in relation to negation) is arguably so while being pervasive across …

Two eye-tracking experiments compared affirmative and negative counterfactuals,“if she had
(not) arrived early, she would (not) have bought roses” and affirmative and negative causal …

This dissertation explores the phenomenon of polarity-sensitive quantificational
strengthening. I claim that under certain conditions, specific expressions can strengthen from …

Many studies have shown the double processing of negation, suggesting that negation
integration into sentence meaning is delayed. This contrasts with some researches that have …

Negative sentences are hard to process when they are presented out of context. When
embedded in a context of plausible denial their processing difficulty decreases or is …

The ability of persons with non-fluent aphasia (PWAs) to produce sentential negation has
been investigated in several languages, but only in small samples. Accounts of (morpho) …

Negation is a fundamental element of language and logical systems, but processing
negative sentences can be challenging. Early investigations suggested that this difficulty …

Studies on the spontaneous production of negation suggest that it can be modulated by
pragmatic principles of successful communication such as informativity and relevance. The …

The polarity effect is one of the most robust effects in linguistics: Negative expressions are
processed slower than corresponding positive ones. Decades of research has shown that …

Event plausibility facilitates the processing of affirmative sentences, but little is known about
how it affects negative sentences. In six behavioural experiments, we investigated …