Neither/nor and NCI licensing in Turkish

Authors

  • Isaac Warren University of California, Los Angeles

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3765/r80y8d57

Keywords:

negation, negative concord, coordination, Turkish

Abstract

In this paper I present novel data from Turkish on the distribution of negative concord items (NCIs) and their interaction with neither/nor constructions. From this I argue that NCIs are licensed as a result of configurations where they c-command their licensor in the syntax, rather than being licensed by any particular LF configuration. I propose an account of Turkish negative concord in which NCIs are universal quantifiers, licensed through a downward-probing agree.

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Published

2026-05-28

Issue

Vol. 10 (2026): Proceedings of the Workshop on Turkic and Languages in Contact with Turkic 10

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Copyright (c) 2026 Isaac Warren

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