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      The non-uniformity of Chinese polarity items
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      The non-uniformity of Chinese polarity items

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      The non-uniformity of Chinese polarity items book

      The non-uniformity of Chinese polarity items

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      The non-uniformity of Chinese polarity items book

      ByLi Chen
      BookDownward Entailing and Chinese Polarity Items

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      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2018
      Imprint Routledge
      Pages 16
      eBook ISBN 9781351268844
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      ABSTRACT

      Although the various quantificational powers of Chinese wh-elements are not marked by distinct morphological variants, they do behave differently. This chapter focuses on the distinction between renhe and wh-polarity items and argues that this contrast shows clearly that universal FCIs and existential NPIs behave differently under negation, and this difference in behavior perfectly captures why universal renhe is valid when accompanied by a necessity operator, while existential shenme is not since human necessity is weaker than universal quantification over the entire set of possible worlds. Also, I propose to apply the theory of (non-)D-linking to capture the distinction between na-CL and shenme in Mandarin when used as polarity items.

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