Nobody Doesn't Like Negative Concord.
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DOI: 10.1007/s10936-021-09816-w
Abstract: Languages vary with respect to whether sentences with two negative elements give rise to double negation or negative concord meanings. We explore an influential hypothesis about what governs this variation: namely, that whether a language… read more here.
Keywords: negation negative; negative marker; double negation; concord ... See more keywords
Do double negation structures yield single negation interpretations in Mandarin Chinese? Some comments on Li et al. (2018)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2018.10.010
Abstract: Abstract Li et al. (2018) claimed that a single negation (SN) interpretation is possible for double negation (DN) structures in Mandarin Chinese (MC) when a DN sentence has a combination of the negation operators mei(yŏu)-mei(yŏu)… read more here.
Keywords: mandarin chinese; double negation; negation; structures yield ... See more keywords