Expletive Negation, Negative Concord and Feature Checking
The aim of this paper is to explore some aspects of the syntax-semantics interface representa-tions which correspond to expletive negation (EN) and negative concord (NC). I shall postulate that a syntactic operation of logical absorption, conceived as feature checking, is needed in the theory of gra...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2000 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:2223 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/2223 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Sintaxi Semàntica Negació Català Espanyol Syntax Semantics Negation Catalan Spanish |
| Sumario: | The aim of this paper is to explore some aspects of the syntax-semantics interface representa-tions which correspond to expletive negation (EN) and negative concord (NC). I shall postulate that a syntactic operation of logical absorption, conceived as feature checking, is needed in the theory of grammar in order to account for both phenomena. EN instantiates a nonnegative context; it will be characterized by means of a covert negative feature movement, from either a light negative marker or a negative indefinite, up to a nonveridical Xº head. NC instantiates a negative context; it will be characterized as either category movement (when the Spec-Head relation holds in explicit syntax) or feature movement (when the Spec-Head relation does not hold in overt syntax) to an averidical Negº head. |
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