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- W77645900 abstract "Like many languages, Welsh has a set of n-words, nominal or adverbial elements which seem to be semantically negative. These include neb ‘no one’, dim byd ‘nothing’, ddim ‘not’, byth ‘never’, and nunlle ‘nowhere’. Unlike their English counterparts, Welsh n-words have a restricted distribution, being excluded from a variety of contexts. Although they are apparently semantically negative, a single negation interpretation is normal where a sentence contains two n-words. In this paper, we will show that there is a complex and challenging body of data here. We will argue, however, that a storage-based analysis of the kind that is developed within Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) for French by De Swart and Sag (2002) can provide an illuminating account of this data. The analysis involves two main ideas: (a) that negative elements can only have certain clausal constituents as their scope, and (b) that a sentence with two negative elements can have a single negation interpretation if and only if they have the same scope. There are considerable differences between formal or literary Welsh and informal or colloquial Welsh. Some work has concentrated on the former and some on the latter. We will focus here on informal Welsh, which, it seems to us, is particularly interesting in this area. The paper is organized as follows. In section 2, we provide some necessary background information about negative heads. Then, in section 3, we turn to n-words and consider their semantic status, and in section 4, we will look at their distribution. In section 5, we will outline the storage-based analysis. Next, in section 6, we will look at some data which seems problematic but which we will argue is no problem. In section 7, we will consider the possibility of a single negation interpretation for sentences with two n-words or an n-word and negative head. Finally, in section 8, we summarize the paper." @default.
- W77645900 created "2016-06-24" @default.
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- W77645900 date "2004-01-01" @default.
- W77645900 modified "2023-09-27" @default.
- W77645900 title "The distribution and interpretation of Welsh N-words *" @default.
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