Syntax of reduplication and negative-polarity items in Buli
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22159186 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ken Hiraiwa (0000-0002-3955-1390, Meiji Gakuin University), George Akanlig-Pare (University of Ghana) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5252 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2473-8689 • E-ISSN: 2473-8689 |
| Publisher | Linguistic Society of America (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3765/plsa.v7i1.5252 |
| OpenAlex | W4229055350 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Negative-polarity items in Buli, a Mabia (Gur) language spoken in Ghana, exhibit a mixed behavior between NCIs and NPIs (or between strong NPIs and weak NPIs). Thus, Buli presents a counterexample to Vallduvı's generalization that negative-polarity items come in two kinds. Adopting and extending the framework of Collins & Postal (2014) and Collins et al. (2017), we will show that the apparently mysterious mixed behavior of negative-polarity items in Buli can be explained by articulating an unary-NEG structure and syntax of reduplication
Combinatorics · Counterexample · Generalization · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Physics · Polarity symbols · Reduplication · Syntax · Unary operation · Chemistry · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Biochemistry
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |