Neg reg 101

NEG V Stage 2 : NEG N ( NEG ) Stage 3 : NEG V NEG Stage 4 : ( NEG )

The paper deals with the verb embracing double negation found in both Chamic and Bahnaric languages and with the question how it developed. We propose both an internal and external explanation. The former relates to what is called a ‘Jespersen Cycle’, a hypothesis about the renewal of single negation out of double negation, itself developing out of another single negation. The latter is languag...

Neg-Raising and Polarity

The representation of Neg-Raising in the grammar is a matter of controversy. I provide evidence for representing Neg-Raising as a kind of presupposition associated with certain predicates by providing a detailed analysis of NPI-licensing in Neg-Raising contexts. Specific features of presupposition projection are used to explain the licensing of strict NPIs under Neg-Raising predicates. Discussi...

Structure, chromosomal localization, and expression of mouse reg genes, reg I and reg II. A novel type of reg gene, reg II, exists in the mouse genome.

We previously identified a gene, reg (i.e. regenerating gene), in the screening of a regenerating islet-derived cDNA library of rat (Terazono, K., Yamamoto, H., Takasawa, S., Shiga, K., Yonemura, Y., Tochino, Y., and Okamoto, H. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 2111-2114), and isolated a human reg cDNA and gene (Watanabe, T., Yonekura, H., Terazono, K., Yamamoto, H., and Okamoto, H. (1990) J. Biol. C...

Neg{raising: Negation as Failure?

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