Even Hypothesis of PPIs Licensing : An Experimental Study

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Even Hypothesis of PPIs Licensing : An Experimental Study

DOČEKAL, Mojmír and Iveta ŠAFRATOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Even Hypothesis of PPIs Licensing : An Experimental Study

Authors

DOČEKAL, Mojmír (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Iveta ŠAFRATOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Olomouc, Language Use and Linguistic Structure. Proceedings of the Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium 2018, p. 253-273, 21 pp. 2019

Publisher

Palacký University

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

online PDF

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00107621

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-80-244-5524-2

UT WoS

000506369900014

Keywords in English

PPIs; scalar particles; alternatives; experimental linguistics

Abstract

V originále

In this paper, we report results of an experiment designed to map the semantic and pragmatic properties of Czech strong negative polarity item ani "not even" and a positive polarity scalar particle i "even". In the theoretical part, we focus on the positive polarity particle i. We describe its acceptability in different contexts (manipulated for likelihood) and environments (upward entailing, downward entailing, …) as a result of i’s unlikelihood presupposition, building on Krifka (1995) and Crnič (2011). The experimental data lead us to claims concerning embedded exhaustification which in some cases allows i to associate with strong scalar elements even in downward entailing environments. The results of the experiment support the scope approaches to even-type of expressions in natural languages (and brings arguments against the ambiguity approaches to even).

Links

GA17-16111S, research and development project

Name: Formální přístupy ke gramatickému číslu ve slovanských jazycích

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

DOČEKAL, Mojmír and Iveta ŠAFRATOVÁ. Even Hypothesis of PPIs Licensing : An Experimental Study. In Emonds, Joseph; Janebová, Markéta; Veselovská, Ludmila. Language Use and Linguistic Structure. Proceedings of the Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium 2018. Olomouc: Palacký University, 2019, p. 253-273. ISBN 978-80-244-5524-2.

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DOČEKAL, Mojmír and Iveta ŠAFRATOVÁ. Even Hypothesis of PPIs Licensing : An Experimental Study. In Emonds, Joseph; Janebová, Markéta; Veselovská, Ludmila. \textit{Language Use and Linguistic Structure. Proceedings of the Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium 2018}. Olomouc: Palacký University, 2019, p.~253-273. ISBN~978-80-244-5524-2.

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