Preface |
S. VII |
Abbreviations |
S. XV |
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1. |
Introduction |
S. 1 |
1.1. |
Introduction: the field of inquiry |
S. 1 |
1.2. |
Basic facts about Polish: the problems |
S. 2 |
1.3. |
Interaction between DPs and the clause structure: examples |
S. 9 |
1.4. |
The puzzles |
S. 21 |
1.5. |
Sketch of the analysis |
S. 29 |
1.6. |
The way in which this dissertation is organized |
S. 30 |
2. |
Structure of negative sentences |
S. 33 |
2.1. |
Introduction |
S. 33 |
2.2. |
Negative sentences from a typological point of view |
S. 34 |
2.3. |
Approaches to negation |
S. 39 |
2.4. |
Negation in Polish |
S. 53 |
2.5. |
Is there a NegP in Polish? |
S. 106 |
2.6. |
Structure of negative clause in Polish |
S. 130 |
2.7. |
Summary |
S. 130 |
3. |
N-words in Polish |
S. 133 |
3.1. |
Introduction |
S. 133 |
3.2. |
Etymology of n-words in Polish: crosslinguistic comparison |
S. 135 |
3.3. |
Distribution of n-words in Polish: crosslinguistic comparison |
S. 139 |
3.4. |
Puzzles in the distribution of n-words: complementary distribution with non-n-words |
S. 159 |
3.5. |
Possible analyses of n-words |
S. 163 |
4. |
N-words as NPIs |
S. 237 |
4.1. |
Introduction |
S. 237 |
4.2. |
Arguments in favor of analyzing n-words as NPIs |
S. 238 |
4.3. |
Problems of the analysis of n-words in terms of NPIs |
S. 246 |
4.4. |
Summary |
S. 296 |
4.5. |
Appendix: Focus particles and polarity contexts |
S. 297 |
5. |
Seeking the explanation of the complemantary distribution of n-words and non-n-words |
S. 301 |
5.1. |
Introduction |
S. 301 |
5.2. |
Extending the analysis to other indefinite pronouns: distribution and feature specification |
S. 303 |
5.3. |
Negative Polarity environments as downward entailing (downward monotonic) |
S. 321 |
5.4. |
The ‘strength’ hierarchy of downward entailing functions |
S. 340 |
5.5. |
Towards a solution |
S. 362 |
6. |
Summary and Open Ends |
S. 433 |
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References |
S. 439 |