Expression and Interpretation of Negation: An OT Typology [Hardcover]

This study in cross-linguistic semantics deploys the framework of bi-directional Optimality Theory to develop a typology of the relationship between syntax and semantics in negation markers and negation indefinites.

Preface.- 1. Negation in a cross-linguistic perspective.1.0 Introduction and overview.1.1 Negation in logic and language.1.2 Negation in typology and diachronic linguistics.1.3. Negative polarity.1.4 Negative concord: observations and issues.1.5 A polyadic quantifier analysis of double negation and negative concord.1.6 Negation and negative indefinites.1.7 Outline of the book.- 2. Expressive and interpretive optimization. 2.0 Introduction and overview. 2.1 Fundamentals of OT as a model of grammar. 2.2 Fundamentals of OT syntax. 2.3 Fundamentals of OT semantics.2.4 Bidirectional Optimality Theory.2.5 Language variation and language change in stochastic OT.2.6 Conclusion.- 3. Markedness of negation.3.0 Introduction and overview.3.1 Propositional negation.3.2 Negation in users of sign language who have suffered brain damage.3.3 Typological variation in the placement of negation.3.4 A dynamic analysis of the Jespersen cycle.3.5 Subordinate clauses and non-finite constructions.3.6 Conclusion.- 4. A typology of negative indefinites.4.0 Introduction and overview.4.1 Negative attraction.4.2 Multiple indefinites under negation: an empirical classification.4.3 Double negation and negative concord as instances of polyadic quantification.4.3.1 Iteration and resumption.4.4 Marking and interpretation of negation in strong bi-directional OT.4.5 Negative concord and negative polarity.4.6 Conclusion.- 5. Sentential negation and negative indefinites. 5.0 Introduction and overview.5.1 Classification of cooccurrence restrictions.5.2 Towards an analysis.5.3 Preverbal/post-verbal asymmetry.5.4 Obligatory marker of sentential negation5.5 Mixed cases.5.6 Two varieties of French.5.7 Negation and negative indefinites in Welsh.5.8 Negation and negative indefinitelÃâ