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Backscattering and negative polarization of agglomerate particles

Optics Letters, 2003
We used the discrete dipole approximation to study the backscattering of agglomerate particles consisting of oblong monomers. We varied the aspect ratio of the monomers from approximately 1 (sphere) to 4, while we kept the total particle volume equivalent to that of an x = 10 sphere for m = 1.59 + i0 and 1.50 + i0 and considered two values of ...
Evgenij, Zubko, Yuriy, Shkuratov, Matthew, Hart, Jay, Eversole, Gorden, Videen   +4 more
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Neg-Raising and Polarity

Linguistics and Philosophy, 2007
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.
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Negative Polar Interrogatives and Bias

2006
This paper develops a discourse based approach to negative polar interrogatives (nis). nis are subject to more contextual restrictions than their positive counterparts, a fact that has lead some researchers to assign the two types of question distinct denotations.
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Negative Polarity Items

2020
AbstractThis chapter investigates the phenomenon of negative polarity sensitivity. The term negative polarity items (NPIs) has been introduced in the literature to refer to forms whose distribution was observed to polarize in negative contexts. NPIs can vary from indefinites that take a special form when they occur in the scope of negation, e.g. any in
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Negative and Positive Polarity

1994
In this book, Ljiljana Progovac presents cross-linguistic data on negative polarity, reflexive binding and the subjunctive mood, and proposes a unified analysis for various languages, including English and Serbian/Croatian. She argues that Negative Polarity Items (NPIs), such as 'anyone' and 'ever', are anaphoric in nature and must be bound in their ...
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Negative Polarity Expressions In Navajo

1995
Abstract The overt expression of negative polarity is achieved in Navajo by means of two constructions.
Ken Hale, Paul Platero
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Negativity and ambiguity in negative polar questions

The Journal of Linguistics Science, 2023
Bum-Sik Park, Sei-Rang Oh
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Negative Polarity Items

2019
AbstractThis chapter presents an overview of the experimental investigations on Negative Polarity Items (NPIs). NPIs are grammatically licensed under a set of complex semantic, syntactic and pragmatic conditions. The linguistic complexity of NPI licensing makes it a rich empirical domain for investigating the cognitive architecture of language ...
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Negative polarity as scope marking

Linguistics and Philosophy, 2018
What is the communicative value of negative polarity? That is, why do so many languages maintain a stock of special indefinites (weak Negative Polarity Items) that occur only in a proper subset of the contexts in which ordinary indefinites can appear?
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The grammar of negative polarity

1980
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1980. ; MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND HUMANITIES. ; Bibliography: leaves 256-259. ; by Marcia Christine Linebarger. ; Ph.D.
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