Negative Inversion as Nonmovement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4238320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas Sobin (0000-0002-2368-2521, The University of Texas at El Paso, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-212 |
| Publication date | 2003-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Syntax (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-0005 • E-ISSN: 1467-9612 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9612.00060 |
| OpenAlex | W2011221952 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 13 |
In a substantial body of work, negative inversion (NT) is argued to be movement of a verb toward a negative expression and out of IP/AgrP. NI constructions are claimed to work in parallel with w/h-questions. This paper offers an AgrP-internal account of NI constructions, which is consistent with positing a simpler CP layer. I argue here that there is no attraction of the verb to the negative expression (i.e., no Negative Criterion) and that the apparent inversion is impeded movement where the elements involved (verb and subject) fail to arrive at the normal declarative surface positions. It is demonstrated that such an analysis accounts straightforwardly for a variety of phenomena that require complexity or dual analysis in IP/AgrP-external approaches to NI
Dual (grammatical number · Expression (computer science · Inversion (geology · Linguistics · Pure mathematics · Variety (cybernetics · Verb · Computer Science · Logic, programming, and type systems · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence · Geology · Paleontology
Subject–Auxiliary Inversion
Medial adjunct PPs in English
Negative Inversion in Standard English
Effects of input frequency and microvariation on knowledge of negative inversion in L2 English
Operator movement, referentiality and intervention
'Integrated' and 'non-integrated' left-peripheral elements in German and English
On Swiping in English
On T-Movement in English
Antilocality at the Phase Edge
The syntax of registers
The internal syntax of adverbial clauses
VP-Ellipsis Is Not Licensed by VP-Topicalization
| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2025 (22) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |