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Negative contexts : collocation, polarity and multiple negation
- Title
- Negative contexts : collocation, polarity and multiple negation / Ton van der Wouden.
- Author
- Wouden, Ton van der, 1958-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | P325.5.C56 W68 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 301 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics
- Uniform Title
- Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Collocations. First orientation. Lexical items. The nature of collocational restrictions. Combinability. The idiosyncrasy of collocations. Summary and concluding remarks -- Pt. II. Polarity items. The characterization and classification of polarity items. What is a negative context? Degrees of negativity. Negations and polarity items: towards a classification. Negative contexts and downward monotonicity. Some remarks on scope. Conclusion: polarity items -- Pt. III. Multiple negations. Negative concord. Weakening of negation: litotes. Denial. Emphatic negation. Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0415138493 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96000429
- OCLC
- 34077228
- ocm34077228
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries