Sentential Negation in FrenchOxford University Press, USA, 26 aug. 1998 - 256 pagini This is the first full-length study of sentential negation phenomena in French. Paul Rowlett assesses, from a generative perspective, the respective contribution made to the expression of clausal polarity by ne, pas, and elements such as jamais and personne. His conclusions have far-reaching implications, leading to the controversial hypothesis that, despite widespread belief, French is not a negative concord language. |
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Foundations | 3 |
The Negative Marker | 40 |
Jespersens Generalization | 86 |
Other Negative Adverbs | 138 |
Negative Arguments | 169 |
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A'-binding AFFECT criterion AgrS AgrSP analysis argued assume bears the feature c-command chapter clitic co-occur conclude configuration constituent contexts contrast direct object discussed in section elements example expletive fact feature NEG finite verb footnote functional head given grammatical guère Haegeman Haitian Creole infinitival modal inflectional inherently negative interpretation Italian jamais Jean Jean-Yves Pollock Jespersen's Kayne lexical infinitives licensed livres Louisiana Creole mark sentential negation modal verbs Modern French Mood morphological NC language Neg Criterion nega negative adverbs negative arguments Negative Cycle negative doubling negative marker negative operator negative quantifiers NegP ni-NPIs no-one nominal quantifiers non-NC language NumP occupies SpecNegP operator in SpecNegP overt personne Pollock post-verbal predict Progovac pronouns proposed pseudopartitive QàD Québécois raise to SpecNegP relevant Rizzi S-structure scope souvent Spec spec-head agreement spec-head relationship SpecCP suggest syntactic syntax tion tive tout true imperatives ungrammaticality Verb Movement VP-adjoined West Flemish Zanuttini