Negative Dependencies in Turkish

In this paper, we provide an overview of negative dependencies in Turkish. The first are elements such as <i>hiçkimse</i>, which sometimes seem to mean ‘anybody’ and sometimes ‘nobody’. We argue that unlike a standard Negative Polarity Item (NPI) like English <i>anybody</i>,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Beste Kamali, Hedde Zeijlstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/9/11/342