How to donkey FC- and NPI-any

Authors

  • Robert van Rooij

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2007.v11i0.659

Abstract

Free Choice any and Negative Polarity Item any are uniformly analyzed as counterfactual donkey sentences (in disguise). Their difference in meaning will be reduced to the distinction between strong and weak readings of donkey sentences. It is shown that this explains the universal and existential character of FC- and NPI-any, respectively, and the positive and negative contexts in which they are licensed.

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Published

2019-08-15

How to Cite

van Rooij, R. (2019). How to donkey FC- and NPI-any. Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung, 11, 479–493. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2007.v11i0.659

Issue

Vol. 11 (2007): Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 11

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Articles

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/