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This book offers a Minimalist analysis of certain syntactic phenomena in Russian associated with negation. These phenomena include the distribution of morphologically negative words and the pattern of Negative Concord they exhibit (whereby multiple occurrences of negative words are interpreted as only one instance of negation); the Genitive of Negation (the case marking on the internal argument of negated verbs); expletive negation (formal negation without negative content), and negated Yes/No questions (including a previously undiscussed pattern of expletive negation effects observed in certain types of Yes/No questions). The end result is a formalization of the status of negation within the phrase structure of Russian that not only contributes relevant Slavic data to the pool of negation data, but also sheds new light on the syntactic expression of negation universally.

Table of Contents
1. Negation phenomena in Russian; 2. The minimalist program; 3. Negative constituents in Russian; 4. The genitive of negation: Expletiveness and the asymmetry of Russian negation; 5. The expression of negation; References; Index.

The Syntax of Negation in Russian: A Minimalist

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      Publisher Centre for the Study of Language & Information
      Published 1 June 1999
      ISBN-13 9781575861685
      978-1575861685
      ISBN-10 1575861682
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      Grammar, syntax and morphology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book offers a Minimalist analysis of certain syntactic phenomena in Russian associated with negation. These phenomena include the distribution of morphologically negative words and the pattern of Negative Concord they exhibit (whereby multiple occurrences of negative words are interpreted as only one instance of negation); the Genitive of Negation (the case marking on the internal argument of negated verbs); expletive negation (formal negation without negative content), and negated Yes/No questions (including a previously undiscussed pattern of expletive negation effects observed in certain types of Yes/No questions). The end result is a formalization of the status of negation within the phrase structure of Russian that not only contributes relevant Slavic data to the pool of negation data, but also sheds new light on the syntactic expression of negation universally.

      Table of Contents
      1. Negation phenomena in Russian; 2. The minimalist program; 3. Negative constituents in Russian; 4. The genitive of negation: Expletiveness and the asymmetry of Russian negation; 5. The expression of negation; References; Index.

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