nam a22 c 4500 la.183/140009031 nljbp 250625051504.6 cr ||||||||||| 241222s2012 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2011048938 9789027274908 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp PD5107 439.75 23 CFG bicssc LAN009000 bisacsh Brandtler, Johan author The Evaluability Hypothesis The syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of polarity item licensing Johan Brandtler Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 ©2012 1 online resource (xiii, 199 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 0166-0829 183 Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Negation and polarity -- 3. A syntactic categorization of Swedish -- 4. The syntax of NPI-licensing in Swedish -- 5. The Evaluability Hypothesis -- 6. Applying the Evaluability Hypothesis -- 7. Evaluability and polarity I -- 8. Evaluability and polarity II -- 9. Long-distance NPI-licensing -- 10. Polarity items in wh-questions -- 11. Conclusion Although the field of polarity is well researched, this monograph offers a new take on polarity sensitivity that both challenges and incorporates previous theories. Based primarily on Swedish data, it presents new solutions to long-standing problems, such as the non-complementary distribution of NPIs and PPIs in yes/no-questions and conditionals, long distance licensing by superordinate elements, and the occurrence of polarity items in wh-questions. It is argued that polarity sensitivity can be understood in terms of evaluability. Lacking any immediate predecessor in the literature, evaluability refers to the possibility of accepting or rejecting an utterance as true in a communicative exchange. Intriguingly, the evaluable status of a clause is shown to have syntactic correlates in Swedish, mirrored in the configuration of the C-domain. This book is of interest to scholars studying the interplay between syntax, semantics and pragmatics, particularly those working on negation and polarity. Provided by publisher. Generative linguistics Germanic linguistics Pragmatics Semantics Syntax Theoretical linguistics Brandtler, Johan author Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 9789027255662 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/la.183 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027274908