Focus-sensitive negation in Latin

Classical Latin displays negative particles, like neque / nec and ne…quidem ‘neither, not even’, that can express sentential negation while at the same time narrowly focusing on some constituent of the clause. These particles are multifunctional elements that can express various types of focus (addi...

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Autor principal:	Chiara Gianollo
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Lenguaje:	CA EN
Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2017
Materias:	negation focus additive particles scalar particles correlative negation Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:489a1c960f384ce99134e77c7fcaad472021-11-27T10:46:47ZFocus-sensitive negation in Latin10.5565/rev/catjl.2111695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/489a1c960f384ce99134e77c7fcaad472017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/211https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719Classical Latin displays negative particles, like neque / nec and ne…quidem ‘neither, not even’, that can express sentential negation while at the same time narrowly focusing on some constituent of the clause. These particles are multifunctional elements that can express various types of focus (additive or scalar) and, in the case of neque / nec, also have a coordinative and a discourse-structuring function. In this work I investigate the complex interplay of semantic and syntactic factors that govern their distribution and interpretation. I single out the structural and meaning-related contextual conditions favoring the additive or the scalar interpretation, and I propose an analysis of the complex internal structure of the particles. I also discuss the diachronic implications of my analysis, in particular with respect to the role played by the Romance continuations of nec.Chiara GianolloUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlenegationfocusadditive particlesscalar particlescorrelative negationPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 16 (2017)
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description	Classical Latin displays negative particles, like neque / nec and ne…quidem ‘neither, not even’, that can express sentential negation while at the same time narrowly focusing on some constituent of the clause. These particles are multifunctional elements that can express various types of focus (additive or scalar) and, in the case of neque / nec, also have a coordinative and a discourse-structuring function. In this work I investigate the complex interplay of semantic and syntactic factors that govern their distribution and interpretation. I single out the structural and meaning-related contextual conditions favoring the additive or the scalar interpretation, and I propose an analysis of the complex internal structure of the particles. I also discuss the diachronic implications of my analysis, in particular with respect to the role played by the Romance continuations of nec.
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Focus-sensitive negation in Latin

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