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Negation in Chinese : a corpus-based study. [PDF]
This article explores negation in Chinese on the basis of written and spoken corpora of Mandarin Chinese. The use of corpus data not only reveals central tendencies in language based on quantitative data, it also provides typical examples attested in ...
Xiao, R. Z., McEnery, A. M.
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Double Negation Semantics for Generalisations of Heyting Algebras [PDF]
AbstractThis paper presents an algebraic framework for investigating proposed translations of classical logic into intuitionistic logic, such as the four negative translations introduced by Kolmogorov, Gödel, Gentzen and Glivenko. We view these asvariant semanticsand present a semantic formulation of Troelstra’s syntactic criteria for a satisfactory ...
Oliva, P, Arthan, R
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La negazione in swahili. Un viaggio nel labirinto della grammatica
Verbal negation in Kiswahili. A journey in the labyrinth of grammar. This work presents a description of negation in Kiswahili. After a short exposition of the morphological patterns of negation in Kiswahili, explained in the frame of the Proto-Bantu ...
Marina Castagneto
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Defining double negation elimination [PDF]
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THE HERBRAND FUNCTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF THE DOUBLE NEGATION SHIFT [PDF]
AbstractThis paper considers a generalisation of selection functions over an arbitrary strong monad T, as functionals of type $J_R^T X = (X \to R) \to TX$. It is assumed throughout that R is a T-algebra. We show that $J_R^T$ is also a strong monad, and that it embeds into the continuation monad $K_R X = (X \to R) \to R$.
Martín Escardó, Paulo Oliva
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Strong negation in the theory of computable functionals TCF [PDF]
We incorporate strong negation in the theory of computable functionals TCF, a common extension of Plotkin's PCF and G\"{o}del's system $\mathbf{T}$, by defining simultaneously strong negation $A^{\mathbf{N}}$ of a formula $A$ and strong negation $P^{
Nils Köpp, Iosif Petrakis
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Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences
This paper examines the effect of intonation contour on two types of scopally ambiguous constructions in English: configurations with a universal quantifier in subject position and sentential negation (e.g., Every horse didn’t jump) and configurations ...
Mien-Jen Wu, Tania Ionin
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Comedy’s Double Negation of Meaning in Post-war European Theater
Through selected close readings from plays by Arthur Adamov and Samuel Beckett, this article examines how language is herein used against itself to expose the impossibility of meaninglessness.
Anna Street
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From Latin to Modern Italian: Some Notes on Negation
This article aims at investigating some diachronic aspects of the Italian negative system, considering a time span ranging from Old Latin to Modern Italian.
Matteo Greco
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