The Morphosyntax of Negative Markers is popular PDF and ePub book, written by Karen De Clercq in 2020-06-08, it is a fantastic choice for those who relish reading online the Language Arts & Disciplines genre. Let's immerse ourselves in this engaging Language Arts & Disciplines book by exploring the summary and details provided below. Remember, The Morphosyntax of Negative Markers can be Read Online from any device for your convenience.
The Morphosyntax of Negative Markers Book PDF Summary
This book applies the tools of nanosyntax to the natural language phenomenon of negation. Most work on negation is concerned with the study of sentence negation, while low scope negation or constituent negation is hardly ever systematically discussed in the literature. The present book aims to fill that gap, by investigating scopally different negative markers in a sample of 23 typologically diverse languages. A four-way classification of negative markers is argued for and it is shown how meaningful syncretism patterns arise across those four groups of negative markers in the language sample investigated. The syncretisms are meaningful in that they track the natural semantic scope of negation, and provide support to the idea that morphology is not arbitrary, but points to submorphemic structure. Consequently, this study leads to a decomposition of the negative morpheme into five privative features: Tense, Focus, Classification, Quantity and Negation proper. Finally, the book argues that sentence, constituent and lexical negation can all be treated in the same module of the grammar, i.e. syntax.
Detail Book of The Morphosyntax of Negative Markers PDF
- Author : Karen De Clercq
- Release : 08 June 2020
- Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
- ISBN : 9781501513756
- Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
- Total Page : 262 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 11,9 Mb
If you're still pondering over how to secure a PDF or EPUB version of the book The Morphosyntax of Negative Markers by Karen De Clercq, don't worry! All you have to do is click the 'Get Book' buttons below to kick off your Download or Read Online journey. Just a friendly reminder: we don't upload or host the files ourselves.