TY - JOUR
T1 - Single negation interpretations in sentences with multiple negative expressions in Mandarin Chinese. An experimental investigation
AU - Li, Feifei
AU - Espinal, M.Teresa
AU - Borràs-Comes, Joan
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Although Mandarin Chinese (MC) has been characterized as a language in which two negative expressions within the boundaries of a single sentential domain cancel each other to yield a positive reading, this paper examines whether a single negation reading may in fact result under certain conditions. The results of an online perception experiment performed by 114 native speakers of MC showed that single negation readings were indeed obtained, particularly when the first of the two negative expressions was an adjunct (i.e., cóngláibù/cóngláiméi(yǒu) ‘never’), and when there was stress on the second negative expression (i.e., the negative markers méi(yǒu) ‘not’ and bù ‘not’).
AB - © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Although Mandarin Chinese (MC) has been characterized as a language in which two negative expressions within the boundaries of a single sentential domain cancel each other to yield a positive reading, this paper examines whether a single negation reading may in fact result under certain conditions. The results of an online perception experiment performed by 114 native speakers of MC showed that single negation readings were indeed obtained, particularly when the first of the two negative expressions was an adjunct (i.e., cóngláibù/cóngláiméi(yǒu) ‘never’), and when there was stress on the second negative expression (i.e., the negative markers méi(yǒu) ‘not’ and bù ‘not’).
KW - Single negation interpretations
KW - Multiple negative expressions
KW - Mandarin Chinese
KW - Stress
UR - https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=6451466
U2 - 10.1016/j.lingua.2018.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.lingua.2018.04.009
M3 - Article
SN - 0024-3841
VL - 210-211
SP - 65
EP - 78
JO - Lingua
JF - Lingua
ER -