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nonveridicality theory of polarity: a standalone construct

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Semantics

account that polarity items are licensed in contexts that do not entail the truth of the embedded proposition, rather than by downward entailment alone.

In semantics, nonveridicality theory of polarity refers to account that polarity items are licensed in contexts that do not entail the truth of the embedded proposition, rather than by downward entailment alone. This meaning comes from Giannakidou (1998) in Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.[1]

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entailment4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs polarity4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs proposition3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Giannakidou, A. (1998). Polarity Sensitivity as (Non)Veridical Dependency. Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today. https://doi.org/10.1075/la.23

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