Perspectives on Negation: Views from Across the Language Sciences

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Perspectives on Negation

Views from Across the Language Sciences

Edited by: Frances Blanchette and Cynthia Lukyanenko

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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Volume 4 | Interdisciplinary Linguistics [INTLING]

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Although negation has been studied extensively by philosophers, linguists, and psychologists, it remains an active area of inquiry across the language sciences. This dynamic and cross-disciplinary volume contains a unique collection of chapters by language scientists from a variety of disciplines. Readers will explore novel connections and gain insights into the nature of negation, one of the few uncontroversial universal elements of natural language.

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Frances Blanchette, Penn State University, University Park, USA; Cynthia Lukyanenko, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Perspectives on negation: A view from across the language sciences Cynthia Lukyanenko and Frances Blanchette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
The depiction of negativity: The case of the Brushing Hands gesture used by Hebrew speakers Anna Inbar and Leon Shor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	21
The development of negation in language and thought Annika McDermott-Hinman and Roman Feiman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	57
Detecting the meaning of French expletive negation ne in avant-clauses Paola Cépeda and Viviane Déprez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
Negative polar questions in English and Korean: Interactions of structural complexity, ambiguity, and frequency Keunhyung Park and Stanley Dubinsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	115
Constructing isolation: Linguistic negation, presence and absence in Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood Lisa Nahajec Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	145
The interplay of Arabic negation and pragmatics Ahmad Alqassas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
Negation of disagreement in Hindi-Urdu Rajesh Bhatt and Vincent Homer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	215
What counts as ‘saying the same thing’? Variables and variants in English negation Claire Childs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
The permeating syntax of negation: Insights from English negative dependencies Frances Blanchette and Cynthia Lukyanenko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	289
Comprehending negation Dan Parker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	319
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	345

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eBook published on:

March 31, 2025

eBook ISBN:

9783110762068

Hardcover published on:

March 31, 2025

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110761962

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Front matter:

8

Main content:

350

Illustrations:

27

Coloured Illustrations:

13

Tables:

6

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110762068

eBook ISBN: 9783110762068

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110761962

Keywords for this book

Negation; Cross-Disciplinary; Language Science; Language Structure

Audience(s) for this book

Researchers and Students across the Language Sciences, Linguistics, Psychology, Philosophy

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