Search for dissertations about: "downward entailment"
Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words downward entailment.
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1. The Evaluability Hypothesis : The Syntax and Semantics of Polarity Item Licensing in Swedish
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
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