Downward Entailing and Chinese Polarity Items

Informationen zum Autor Li Chen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her research interests lie in syntax, formal semantics and psycholinguistics. Zusammenfassung Employing the downward entailing hypothesis as its analytical foundation, this book argues that downward entailment is the only licensor for different kinds of Chinese polarity items, and non-veridicality is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition and thus offers inferior explanatory power compared with the former. Inhaltsverzeichnis Ackonwledgemetns List of abbreviations Chapter 1 Polarity Theories and Polarity Phenomena Chapter 2 Non-veridicality Approach and the Challenge from Dou Sentences Chapter 3 Tripartite Structure and Dou Chapter 4 Downward Entailment Approach Chapter 5 Dou as a Necessity Operator Chapter 6 The Non-uniformity of Chinese Polarity Items Chapter 7 Conclusions References Index

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• Authors: Li Chen, Li (Assistant Professor Chen, LI (Assistant Professor School of Humanities Chen, Li (Assistant Professor School of Humanities Shanghai Jiao Tong University China) Chen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781138576810
• ISBN: 978-1-138-57681-0
• No. of pages: 124
• Series: Frontiers in Applied Linguistics; Frontiers in Applied Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Morphology, Chinese, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology