The Grammar of Polarity: Pragmatics, Sensitivity, and the Logic of Scales

by Michael Israel

Book Overview

Many languages include constructions which are sensitive to the expression of polarity: that is, negative polarity items, which cannot occur in affirmative clauses, and positive polarity items, which... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521792401
• ISBN13: 9780521792400
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"