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Polarity phenomena have been known to linguists since Klima's seminal work on English negation. In this monograph Giannakidou presents a novel theory of polarity which avoids the empirical and conceptual problems of previous approaches by introducing a notion wider than negation and downward entailment: (non)veridicality. The leading idea is that the various polarity phenomena observed in language are manifestations of the dependency of certain expessions, i.e. polarity items, to the (non)veridicality of the context of appearance. Dependencies to negation or downward entailment emerge as subca

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Semantics. --- Dependency grammar. --- Greek language, Modern --- Valence (Linguistics) --- Mathematical linguistics --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Language and languages --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Syntax --- Romaic language --- Syntax. --- -Semantics --- Dependency grammar --- -Greek language, Modern --- -Romaic language --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Philosophical grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Semantics --- Grammar, Comparative --- -Formal semantics --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Modern Greek language --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax --- -Syntax

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The contributions in this volume shed new light on the discussion of whether the DP hypothesis applies universally or not. The issue is prominent not only for Slavic languages. Drawing on evidence from many other languages, Greek, East Asian, and Basque among them, the book has important implications for answering fundamental questions about the nature of definiteness and quantification.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Slavic languages --- Generative grammar. --- Typology (Linguistics) --- Historical linguistics. --- Diachronic linguistics --- Dynamic linguistics --- Evolutionary linguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and history --- Linguistics --- Linguistic typology --- Linguistic universals --- Grammar, Generative --- Grammar, Transformational --- Grammar, Transformational generative --- Transformational generative grammar --- Transformational grammar --- Psycholinguistics --- Syntax --- Noun --- Nominals (Grammar) --- Noun-equivalents (Grammar) --- Substantives (Grammar) --- Nominals. --- Noun. --- Grammar. --- Syntax. --- History --- Typology --- Classification --- Derivation --- Nominals --- Noun phrase --- Generative grammar --- Historical linguistics --- Grammar --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax --- Generative Grammar. --- Nominal Phrase.