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This research emphasizes semantic, syntactic and pragmatic considerations illustrating a
wide array of linguistic approaches. Written from within the theoretical framework of …

This paper provides a typological overview of expletive negation based on a survey of 722
languages, focusing in detail on a smaller sample of five languages. Expletive negation (EN) …

This volume consists of an introduction and two groups of essays by Paul M. Postal, each
with a connecting theme. The first, positive group of papers, contains five previously …

An extended argument for a syntactic view of NEG raising with consequences for the syntax
of negation and negative polarity items. In this book, Chris Collins and Paul Postal consider …

The goals of this paper are twofold. The first goal is to argue that there are operators with a
common ground (= CG) managing function that can influence the truth-conditional meaning …

This dissertation investigates the nature of the different interpretations of Chinese wh-
phrases within a framework of formal semantic theories. Chapter 1 introduces the wh …

This paper provides a comprehensive survey and generalization of the distribution of non-
interrogative existential wh-phrases in Chinese that behave like polarity items. I show that …

The familiarity theory of definite descriptions and the classical theory (often referred to as
the'uniqueness' theory) are well known. On the familiarity view of definiteness, what …

This book provides a thorough investigation of the expression of sentential negation in the
history of Greek. It draws on both quantitative data from texts dating from three major stages …