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
Prosody and the meanings of English negative indefinites
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2018.03.020
Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates the acoustic correlates of single and Double Negation (DN) readings of English negative indefinites in question–answer pairs. Productions of four negative words (no one, nobody, nothing, and nowhere) were elicited from… read more here.
Keywords: question; english negative; prosody meanings; negative indefinites ... See more keywords