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This study hypothesises that neg-raising is a cognitive phenomenon which arises while the human mind is processing the content of the sentence under the normal assumption of closed world. A 'neg-raised sentence' conveys an epistemic attitude towards the proposition expressed by the subordinate clause. The hedge consists in making it clear that a certain conclusion is compatible with the current information state, but cannot be proven.

Grammar --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- -Polarity (Linguistics) --- Polarity item (Linguistics) --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Language and languages --- Philosophical grammar --- Negatives --- Grammar, Comparative --- Polarity (Linguistics) --- Grammaire comparée et générale --- Polarité (Linguistique) --- Congresses --- Congresses. --- Négations --- Congrès --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- Philology