| Autor: |
Mayuri J. DILIP, Rajesh KUMAR |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Slovenian |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Acta Linguistica Asiatica, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2232-3317 |
| DOI: |
10.4312/ala.9.1.9-28 |
| Popis: |
The paper presents a unified account of licensing conditions of Negative Polarity Items (NPI) in Telugu. Based on the distribution of NPIs in complex clauses, we state that negation c-commanding NPI at the base-generated. Consequently, features checking between negation and NPI restricts the alternatives on the scale inherent to NPIs. The morphological realization of NPI in the non-negative contexts is different from the context with overt negation. The NPIs show the following distribution. NPI occurs in subject position; A negative licensing Multiple NPIs. There are three types of NPIs: wh-element, quantifier and idiomatic expression. In complex clauses, wh-elements block long-distance licensing. In contrast, quantifiers and idiomatic expressions do not block long-distance licensing. |
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