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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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This text addresses developments in the study of quantifier phrases, nominalizations, and the linking definite determiner. It presents ideas at the syntax-morphology, syntax-semantics, and lexicon-morphology interfaces and advances understanding of how quantification, definiteness, and nominalizations are encoded in grammar.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Definiteness (Linguistics) --- Indefiniteness (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- Nominals (Grammar) --- Noun-equivalents (Grammar) --- Substantives (Grammar) --- Language and languages --- Syntax --- Quantifiers (Linguistics) --- Quantifiers. --- Syntax. --- Nominals. --- Determiners --- Noun phrase --- Quantifiers --- 800 --- 801.56 --- 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Syntaxis. Semantiek --- 800 Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek --- Taalwetenschap. Taalkunde. Linguistiek --- Nominals --- Grammar --- Definiteness (Linguistics). --- Grammar, Comparative and general ¡ Nominals (- Nominals). --- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax (- Syntax). --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax

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Dependency grammar. --- Semantics. --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Syntax.

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Over the past several decades, linguistic theorizing of tense, aspect, and mood (TAM), along with an intensely growing body of crosslinguistic studies, have revealed complexity in the data that challenges traditional distinctions and treatments of these categories. Mood, Aspect, Modality Revisited argues that it's time to revisit our conventional assumptions, and reconsider our foundational questions: What exactly is a linguistic category? What kinds of categories do labels such as "subjunctive," "imperative," "future," and "modality" truly refer to? In short, how categorical are categories? Current literature assumes a straightforward link between grammatical category and semantic function, and descriptions of well-studied languages have cultivated a sense of predictability in patterns over time. As the editors and contributors of Mood, Aspect, Modality Revisited prove, however, this predictability and stability vanish in the study of lesser-known patterns and languages. The ten provocative essays gathered here present fascinating cutting-edge research that demonstrates that the traditional grammatical distinctions are ultimately fluid and perhaps even illusory. Developing groundbreaking and highly original theories, contributors in this volume seek out to unravel more general, fundamental principles of TAM that can help us better understand the nature of linguistic representations.

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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.

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