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Peer reviewedPrince, Ellen F. – Language, 1976
Shows that evidence exists for a rule of neg-raising in French. Neg-raising and its domain are then reconsidered from a functional perspective, whereby the transformation is shown to be hedging device. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, French, Linguistic Theory, Negative Forms (Language)
Peer reviewedCattell, Ray – Language, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Logic, Negative Forms (Language)
Peer reviewedLabov, William – Language, 1972
Preliminary version of this paper was given at the 1968 winter meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, New York City, based upon work supported by the Office of Education as a Cooperative Research Project. (VM)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, English
Peer reviewedWard, Gregory; Birner, Betty – Language, 1995
Presents an account of existential "there"-sentences in which the postverbal negative phrase (NP) is required to represent a "hearer-new" entity. The article identifies five types of formally definite yet hearer-new NPs that may occur in "there"-sentences. The restriction against definite NPs in "there"-sentences results from a mismatch in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Data Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Negative Forms (Language)
