Chapter
1. Types of negation in the Romance languages
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31 – 37
2.1. Towards a reconstruction of the negative sentence in Proto-Indo-European
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37 – 42
2. The diachronic perspective
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37 – 37
2.2. Diachronic developments
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42 – 44
2.3. Reinforcement of NEG: the creation of new negative morphemes
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44 – 49
3. Word order and negation
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49 – 49
3.1. Preverbal negation
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49 – 54
3.2. Postverbal negation
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54 – 58
3.4. The negative verb
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58 – 61
3.3. Discontinuous negation
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58 – 58
4. The areal perspective
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61 – 61
4.1. Geographical distribution
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61 – 63
4.2. Areal typology
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63 – 65
4.3. Sentence final negation in Afrikaans and its Portuguese basis
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65 – 97
Part II: The analysis of the Questionnaire
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97 – 99
The questionnaire, the type of inquiry
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99 – 103
5. Sentence and phrase negation
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103 – 103
5.1. The sentence Q1: negation in replies to ‘yes/no’ questions [‘NO’]
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103 – 106
5.2. Sentences Q2 and Q34: anaphoric holophrastic negation [‘NEGHOL’]
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106 – 114
5.3. Sentences Q3, Q4: negative coordination
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114 – 120
5.4. Sentences Q6, Q7: phrasal negation
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120 – 123
5.5. Sentence Q5: the simple negative sentence
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123 – 126
5.6. Sentences Q37, Q38: the negative imperative
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126 – 131
6.1. Introduction
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131 – 132
6. Quantifier systems
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131 – 131
6.2. “Tertia comparationis”: semantic value and grammatical categories
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132 – 134
6.3. Characterisation of the value of quantifiers
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134 – 142
6.4. Types of quantifier oppositions
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142 – 150
6.5. Typology of the quantifier systems
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150 – 154
6.6. Systems of indefinite and negative pronouns in Europe
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154 – 157
6.7. Observations on the S items
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157 – 165
7.2. The inventories of negative quantifiers: semantics and grammar
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165 – 168
7. Morphological typology of negative quantifiers
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165 – 165
7.1. Introduction
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165 – 165
7.3. The morphological organisation of the inventories
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168 – 176
7.4. Types of inventories
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176 – 182
7.5. Negative quantifiers in adjectival function
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182 – 185
7.6. No-one, Ulysses and Polyphemus
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185 – 195
8. The syntax of negative quantifiers
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195 – 195
8.1. Co-occurrence of quantifiers with sentence negation
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195 – 198
8.2. Co-occurrence of negative quantifiers
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198 – 202
8.3. The syntax of quantifiers and sentence negation
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202 – 207
8.4. The syntax of negative adjectives
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207 – 219
9. ‘Raising’
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219 – 225
10. Conclusions
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225 – 225
10.1. Parameters of comparison
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225 – 227
10.2. Parameter α: Q1 (‘NO’) and Q5 (‘NEGPRED’)
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227 – 229
10.3. Parameter β: Q1 (‘NO’) and Q2 (‘NEGHOL’)
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229 – 229
10.4. Parameter γ: Q2 (‘NEGHOL’) and Q34 (‘QUAM NON’)
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229 – 230
10.5. Parameter δ: Q3b (‘NECF’) and Q5 (‘NEGPRED’)
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230 – 231
10.6. Parameter ε: Q37a (‘NEGPROHIB’) and Q5 (‘NEGPRED’)
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231 – 232
10.7. Parameter ϑ: ‘permeability’ of NEG
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232 – 233
10.8. Concluding remarks
pp.:
233 – 235
References
pp.:
261 – 275
The questionnaire
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275 – 275
a) English version
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275 – 276
b) Italian version
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276 – 279
Index of languages
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279 – 285
Index of authors
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285 – 289