Prelim pages

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. The grammatical realization of polarity contrast 1
4. From polarity focus to salient polarity 9
5. Verum focus, sentence mood, and contrast 55
6. Complementizers and negative polarity in German hypothetical comparatives 89
7. Veridicality and sets of alternative worlds 109
8. Biased declarative questions in Swedish and German 129
9. On two types of polar interrogatives in Hungarian and their interaction with inside and outside negation 173
10. Two kinds of VERUM distinguished by aspect choice in Russian 203
11. Polarity focus and non-canonical syntax in Italian, French and Spanish 227
12. In search for polarity contrast marking in Italian 255
13. Index 289