TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantifiers and Negation
T2 - A Minimalist Approach to Partial Negation
AU - Nishioka, Nobuaki
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - This paper explores some syntactic aspects of negative sentences in which some QP is focused in the scope of negation (“partial negation”). Assuming that sentential negation is licensed by the application of Agree between Pol and a negative element in TP, I argue that the distributions of QPs for partial negation naturally follow from the interactions between the Agree operation and a focus condition on QPs. I also argue that the adjunction type of quantifier raising (QR), whose optional application is justified and controlled by economy considerations, should be a tool for QPs to accord with the condition.∗.
AB - This paper explores some syntactic aspects of negative sentences in which some QP is focused in the scope of negation (“partial negation”). Assuming that sentential negation is licensed by the application of Agree between Pol and a negative element in TP, I argue that the distributions of QPs for partial negation naturally follow from the interactions between the Agree operation and a focus condition on QPs. I also argue that the adjunction type of quantifier raising (QR), whose optional application is justified and controlled by economy considerations, should be a tool for QPs to accord with the condition.∗.
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U2 - 10.9793/elsj1984.21.323
DO - 10.9793/elsj1984.21.323
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248709776
VL - 21
SP - 323
EP - 347
JO - English Linguistics / Journal of the English Linguistic Society of Japan
JF - English Linguistics / Journal of the English Linguistic Society of Japan
SN - 0918-3701
IS - 2
ER -