This is the first full-length study of sentential negation phenomena in French. Paul Rowlett assesses, from a generative perspective, the respective contribution made to the expression of clausal polarity by ne, pas, and elements such as jamais and personne. His conclusions have far-reaching implications, leading to the controversial hypothesis that, despite widespread belief, French is not a negative concord language.(1994a) aquot;The Doubly-Filled Comp Filter meets the Neg Criterion in Quebec.aquot; Paper presented to the XXII Romance Linguistics Seminar, Cambridge. (1994b) aquot; Why doesna#39;t ne . . . plus behave like ne . . . pasT Paper presented to the Staff-PG anbsp;...
Title | : | Sentential Negation in French |
Author | : | Paul Rowlett Lecturer in French Language and Linguistics University of Salford |
Publisher | : | Oxford University Press, USA - 1998-08-26 |
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