AAE is described as exhibiting negative concord, similar to other varieties of English, in which negation licenses c-commanded n-words as well as Negative Polarity Items (NPIs). Crucially, these are thought to be licensed only when the noun phrase they modify is indefinite. Here, our object of study is an under-described phenomenon in AAE: under certain discourse conditions, AAE licenses no before a definite noun phrase (as in “You don't know nothin’ bout no Kendrick Lamar”). We argue that this phenomenon should not be situated in the syntax (as a previously unattested definite n-word), but rather in pragmatics, as speakers “demote” definite NPs to indefinite as part of a discourse strategy of signaling disagreement with, and rejection of, ...
The presence of Negative Concord (NC) and the sentential negative particle ne is investigated in no...
This paper considers the syntax of negation and negative inversion (NI) in two negative concord vari...
International audienceThis paper revisits the phenomenon of negative concord (NC) as an instance of ...
This work examines a change in negation in African American English. Speakers are using a lexical it...
In this study, African American English (AAE)-speaking children’s comprehension of 2 different types...
Negative sentences with two negatives are subject to locality conditions that prohibit negative conc...
In Negative Concord (NC) sentences, single negative meanings are expressed by two or more negative w...
In Gã, indefinite DPs can undergo reduplication in the presence of negation. On the basis of a numb...
The goal with the thesis is to showcase that negative concord (NC) is systematic, with data from mus...
Washo, a Native American isolate, displays negative concord morphology in the context of negation. N...
Children acquiring a non-negative concord language like English or German have been found to consist...
This paper integrates syntactic theory and variationist analysis in an investigation of the variatio...
Recent research demonstrates that prototypical negative concord (NC) languages allow double negation...
Negation with indefinite items in English can be expressed in three ways: any-negation (I didn't hav...
This paper presents the results of an experimental study on gradient acceptability of English senten...
The presence of Negative Concord (NC) and the sentential negative particle ne is investigated in no...
This paper considers the syntax of negation and negative inversion (NI) in two negative concord vari...
International audienceThis paper revisits the phenomenon of negative concord (NC) as an instance of ...
This work examines a change in negation in African American English. Speakers are using a lexical it...
In this study, African American English (AAE)-speaking children’s comprehension of 2 different types...
Negative sentences with two negatives are subject to locality conditions that prohibit negative conc...
In Negative Concord (NC) sentences, single negative meanings are expressed by two or more negative w...
In Gã, indefinite DPs can undergo reduplication in the presence of negation. On the basis of a numb...
The goal with the thesis is to showcase that negative concord (NC) is systematic, with data from mus...
Washo, a Native American isolate, displays negative concord morphology in the context of negation. N...
Children acquiring a non-negative concord language like English or German have been found to consist...
This paper integrates syntactic theory and variationist analysis in an investigation of the variatio...
Recent research demonstrates that prototypical negative concord (NC) languages allow double negation...
Negation with indefinite items in English can be expressed in three ways: any-negation (I didn't hav...
This paper presents the results of an experimental study on gradient acceptability of English senten...
The presence of Negative Concord (NC) and the sentential negative particle ne is investigated in no...
This paper considers the syntax of negation and negative inversion (NI) in two negative concord vari...
International audienceThis paper revisits the phenomenon of negative concord (NC) as an instance of ...