Beyond 'Ever' and 'Any' - Exploring Theories of NPI Licensing

The grammar of negative polarity items is one of the challenges for linguistic theory. NPIs cross-cut all traditional categories in grammar and semantics, yet their distribution is by no means arbitrary. Theories of NPI licensing have been proposed in terms of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics - each with its own merits and problems. The volume comprises state-of-the-art studies and suggests an interpolation approach to NPI licensing.

About the author

Eva Csipak, University of Göttingen, Germany; Regine Eckardt, University of Göttingen, Germany; Mingya Liu, University of Beijing, China; Manfred Sailer, University Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Product details

• Assisted by: Eva Csipak (Editor), Regin Eckardt (Editor), Regine Eckardt (Editor), Mingya Liu (Editor), Mingya Liu et al (Editor), Manfred Sailer (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2013
• EAN: 9783110303728
• ISBN: 978-3-11-030372-8
• No. of pages: 370
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 27 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 678 g
• Illustrations: 23 b/w tbl., 16 b/w ld
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; Mouton de Gruyter; Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); De Gruyter Mouton; Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics