The purpose of this article is to delimit the role of pragmatic specialisation in the evolution of
negation in French. The change in the marking of sentential negation is believed to proceed …

The purpose of this paper is to further the understanding of the syntax/pragmatics interface
with reference to rare grammatical variables. The usage-based assessment of the pragmatic …

Negation is one of the most complex phenomena in language, seen from a formal linguistic
perspective as well as from a functional, pragmatic perspective. Still, it triggers many …

The meaning of indefinites of the wh-ever paradigm has been the object of a number of
claims regarding its ignorance and indifference readings. These are examined here in the …

This article is concerned with the contrasting behavior of Bare Noun Phrases (BNs) and the
French indefinites headed by des/de la/du (des-indefinites henceforth) with respect to …

Abstract Is Double Negation (DN) a marked interpretation with respect to Negative Concord
(NC) as universally assumed? This is what is verified in this article that reports on actual …

This paper revisits the definition of metalinguistic negation (MLN) illustrated by eg They don't
have kids, they have children. A new definition is proposed that rests on two properties. The …

This paper presents Dutch and English predicates that behave as positive polarity items and
provides a partial, semantically-grounded classification of this group of PPIs. The items are …

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 …

What is the role of pragmatics in the evolution of grammatical paradigms? It is to maintain
marked candidates that may become the default expression. This perspective is validated by …