The Interaction of Modality and Negation : A Typological Study (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics)

Haan, Ferdinand De

Routledge（2015/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 270 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138992580
• DDC分類 415

Full Description

First Published in 1997. This book is an updated version of the author's 1994 dissertation, submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Southern California. With updated references footnotes pointing to research published after May 1994, this study of modality showcases its long history. Yet, for many centuries it seemed to be the exclusive domain of philosophers. It was not recognized by linguists as a separate object for study until comparatively recent times. The author argues that the other component of this study, negation, has fared much better.

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Theories of Modality and Negation; Chapter 3 Basic Strategies for Ambiguity Resolution; Chapter 4 Negation and Scope in other Areas; Chapter 5 Word Order Correlations; Chapter 6 Conclusions: On the Representation of Scope in Natural Language;