@article{Collins_2019, title={The polarity of clauses embedded under neg-raising predicates}, volume={23}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/535}, DOI={10.18148/sub/2019.v23i1.535}, abstractNote={<p>Neg-raising inferences, whereby negated attitude predicates like <em>don?t want to </em><em>p </em>are strengthened to mean <em>want </em><em>to not p</em>, have previously been derived assuming that negation is underlyingly positioned within the embedded clause, and undergoes movement into the matrix clause, being interpreted via reconstruction. These kinds of accounts contrast with accounts assuming that negation is interpreted in its surface position, and the neg-raising inference is derived via semantic/pragmatic inferential mechanisms, such as a homogeneity presupposition, without the use of movement. This paper constructs an argument for the latter approach based on the interpretation of <em>multi-dimensional </em>adverbial operators, i.e., adverbs with a not-at-issue meaning component, within neg-raising sentences. The paper suggests that such operators are invaluable tools for diagnosing the position and behavior of negation.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung}, author={Collins, James N.}, year={2019}, month={Jul.}, pages={311–328} }