The role of scale structure in the interpretation of contrariety in no-DPs

Authors

  • Rachel Szekely Long Island University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v2i0.4043

Keywords:

Negation, contrariety, scalar meaning, prototypicality, noun phrase interpretation, pragmatics, semantics

Abstract

Contrary meaning is commonly analyzed as a pragmatic strengthening of contradictory sentence negation. This paper derives the contrary meaning found in no-DPs in predicate position (e.g. "John is no fool") through the analysis of no as negation that operates on the scale contributed by the predicate nominal expression.

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Published

2017-06-12

Issue

Vol. 2 (2017): Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America

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Articles

License

Published by the LSA with permission of the author(s) under a CC BY 4.0 license.

How to Cite

Szekely, Rachel. 2017. “The Role of Scale Structure in the Interpretation of Contrariety in No-DPs”. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 2 (June): 6:1–9. https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v2i0.4043.