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Publication details [#22380]

Meibauer, Jörg. 1990. Sentence mood, lexical categorial filling, and non-propositional NICHT in German. Sprache und Pragmatik. Arbeidberichte. Lund. 16 : 1–28.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

mood | proposition

Annotation

The author proposes that German `nicht' is basically propositional and that all non-propositional effects (as in `Kannst du mir nicht helfen?') are pragmatic.