Development of a New N.PI.-Protecting Group for Histidine, N.PI.-1-Adamantyloxymethylhistidine.

ONLY: An NPI-licenser and NPI-unlicenser1

This paper looks at the distributional pattern of NPIs under the exclusive focus particle only. Despite the commonly accepted view that only can license an NPI that appears within the unfocused part of its immediate scope, Wagner (2006) observes evidence contra this view from both DP-only and VP-only: (i) DP-only does not license an NPI that appears within the unfocused part of its left argumen...

ONLY: An NPI-licenser and NPI-unlicenser

It is commonly argued that weak negative polarity items (NPIs) (e.g., any) can occur in any (Strawson) downward-entailing environment. This generalization, however, is challenged byWagner’s (2006) observations with the NPI-licenser only: although an only-clause is (Strawson) downward-entailing in its unfocused part, NPIs are not necessarily licensed there. In particular, DPonly does not license...

NPI Licensing in Temporal Clauses

This paper offers a systematic approach to NPI licensing in temporal clauses based on a uniform analysis of temporal connectives as relations between times and relying on appropriate type shifting for compositional buildup. The quantificational force commonly associated with temporal connectives is attributed to the operators earliest and max operating on the temporal clause and effecting the n...

NPI licensing and head movement

27 Punctual Until as a Scalar NPI