Open AccessQuirky negative concord
Author(s) -
Johan van der Auwera
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jezikoslovlje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 1848-9001
pISSN - 1331-7202
DOI - 10.29162/jez.2021.5
Subject(s) - negation , linguistics , croatian , history , psychology , philosophy
This paper explores the interaction between connective negation (‘neither ... nor’) and negative concord, an issue that has not received much attention. It looks at different‘negative concord’ languages, viz. Croatian, Spanish, and French. The approach issynchronic; the data come from existing descriptions and from native speakerjudgments. The paper describes the many idiosyncrasies but also lays bare someof the similarities.