Restructuring and the scope of negation in Hindi-Urdu
In Hindi-Urdu, a negation which seems to be inside an infinitival complement can have effects typical of a matrix negation, e.g., NPI licensing in the matrix. We show that this exceptional behavior of negation is only possible with restructuring infinitives. We argue that the infinitival V moves out...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Glossa |
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| Online Access: | https://www.glossa-journal.org/article/id/5260/ |