Exclamative Wh-Phrases as Positive Polarity Items

This paper studies the island effects induced by negation in exclamative sentences. In order to explain this phenomenon, I focus on the interaction between exclamative wh-phrases and negation, showing that negation can appear in exclamative sentences when the wh-phrase is not within the scope of neg...

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Main Author: Raquel González Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2008-12-01
Series:Catalan Journal of Linguistics
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Online Access:https://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/133