Intervention Effects: Negation, Universal Quantifiers, and Czech

DOČEKAL, Mojmír. Intervention Effects: Negation, Universal Quantifiers, and Czech. In Veselovská, Ludmila; Janebová, Markéta. Complex Visibles Out There. Olomouc: Palacký university, 2014, p. 369-387. ISBN 978-80-244-4384-3.

Basic information

• Original name: Intervention Effects: Negation, Universal Quantifiers, and Czech
• Authors: DOČEKAL, Mojmír (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Olomouc, Complex Visibles Out There, p. 369-387, 19 pp. 2014.
• Publisher: Palacký university

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/14:00079111
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 978-80-244-4384-3
• Keywords in English: formal semantics; intervention effects; Slavic languages
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

This article argues for an explanation of the intervention effect in NPI licensing which arises from intervening presuppositions. It focuses on two particular phenomena in Slavic languages: specific interpretation of universal NPs and neg-raising. In both cases existential presuppositions disrupt the licensing of NPIs, unlike the homogeneity presupposition. Both types of environments support Homer’s program where both presuppositions and NPI checking take place in time, so different types of presuppositions can interrupt the licensing of NPIs depending on both their timing properties. Moreover this article shows the existence of neg-raising in Slavic languages, invalidating previous claims of Boškovič and Gajewski to the contrary.

Links

• MUNI/A/0787/2013, interní kód MU: Name: Podpora studentských projektů na MU - obecná jazykověda a baltistika

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A