Search for dissertations about: "downward entailment"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words downward entailment.

2. 1. The Evaluability Hypothesis : The Syntax and Semantics of Polarity Item Licensing in Swedish

   Author : Johan Brandtler; Svenska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; downward entailment; long-distance; wh-questions; edge-feature; Spec-CP; negation; NPIs; PPIs; veridicality; term logic;

   Abstract : This dissertation is concerned with the empirical and theoretical aspects of polarity item licensing in Swedish. I argue that polarity items are semantically sensitive to evaluability, a concept that refers to the possibility of accepting or rejecting a clause as true in a communicative exchange. Clauses are either evaluable or non-evaluable. READ MORE