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Disjunction in Negative Contexts: A Cross-Linguistic Experimental Study
- Source :
- Journal of Semantics, Journal of Semantics, Oxford University Press (OUP), In press, Journal of Semantics, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021, 38 (2), pp.221-247. ⟨10.1093/jos/ffab002⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press, 2021.
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Abstract
- This squib reports experimental findings from a study investigating the interpretation of simple disjunction in negative contexts in four languages: Italian, French, English, Romanian. We provide evidence that casts doubt on the robustness of the distinction between PPI disjunction languages and non-PPI disjunction languages. The difference turns out to be less clear-cut than assumed in the theoretical (e.g., Szabolcsi 2002, Spector 2014, Nicolae 2017) or experimental literature (e.g., Crain 2012, Guasti et al. 2017). The results reported here inform current accounts of positive polarity and flesh out some methodological issues raised by the various tasks used in experimental investigations of the polarity sensitivity of disjunction.
- Subjects :
- 050101 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language
05 social sciences
positive polarity
[SCCO.LING]Cognitive science/Linguistics
050105 experimental psychology
Linguistics
M-FIL/05 - FILOSOFIA E TEORIA DEI LINGUAGGI
experimental semantics
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Positive Polarity Items, Downward entailing context
Artificial Intelligence
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Negation
Disjunction
Mathematics
Cross linguistic
L-LIN/01 - GLOTTOLOGIA E LINGUISTICA
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01675133 and 14774593
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Semantics, Journal of Semantics, Oxford University Press (OUP), In press, Journal of Semantics, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021, 38 (2), pp.221-247. ⟨10.1093/jos/ffab002⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e047fce5b6d929abd5f62c56bb575cd8