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Interpreting Negation: A Semantic Theory of Negation for Standard and Non-Standard Logics
I argue that there is a common core to the negation operators found in classical logic, quantum logic and some versions of three-valued logic--logics I refer to an 'valent' logics. In particular, each of these operators adheres to the following three constraints: (1) A proposition and its negation …
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Analyses of negation in English.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics. Thesis. 1972. Ph.D.
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A grammar of negation in Tonga.
The study examined A Grammar of Negation in Tonga. The research was explored in order to investigate the morphological, syntactic and the semantic structure of negation in Tonga. The objectives of the study were; to analyze the morphology of negation in Tonga, to examine the syntactic distribution …
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Negation in logic and deductive databases
This thesis studies negation in logic and deductive databases. Among other things, two kinds of negation are discussed in detail: strong negation and nonmonotonic negation. In the logic part, we have constructed a first-order logic CF 0 of strong negation with bounded quantifiers. The logic is …
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Negation in standard and Kuwaiti Arabic
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Aspects of the theory of negation
… a series of problems which involve the notion of negation. In Chapter 2 I discuss the issues raised by the question whether we should admit negative facts into our ontology or not. In Chapter 3 I discuss the so-called paradox of non-being and the problem of giving an account of both singular and …
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The Spread of Change in French Negation
… changed over the years from expressing predicate negation (Geurts 1998) with ne alone, to the embracing construction ne ... pas, and then to postverbal pas alone (Jespersen 1917). When the increase in the frequency of ne ... pas over time is plotted on a graph, it takes the S shape of the logistic …
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The Acquisition of Negation in Najdi Arabic
This investigation follows the development of negation of a Najdi speaking child. Previous negation studies have treated negation as one unit (NEG) regardless of its form in the adult language (no and not). This investigation provides a syntactic account of negation in Najdi in light of previous …
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Expletive negation and the decomposition of only
… focused on the seemingly superfluous sentential negation showing up in Hebrew until-clauses. I discuss a scalar implicature arising from until-clauses which surprisingly becomes uncancellable when this negation is present. I argue that this inference becomes obligatory due to the presence of an …
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Negation in Turaif Arabic: Not the last word.
… describes a wide range of syntactic aspects of negation in Turaif Arabic (TA), a spoken variety of Saudi Arabia, with some comparison with other varieties, and develops an approach to the syntactic analysis of core aspects of negation in TA within the framework of Lexical Functional Grammar …
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An empirical study of negation in datalog programs
… declarative language for databases. Since negation was added to Datalog, Datalog has become more expressive. In this thesis, I focus my attention on adding negation to DatalogIC which is a language which has been implemented by Mark P. Wassell, a past MSc student in the Department of …
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Negative dramaturgies and the development of productive negation
… I have preliminarily coined here as Productive Negation), I aim to bring the omniscient negativity of dramaturgy into focus as a mobilizing, dynamic strategy for invention. The act of negation embodies a powerful force of conviction that clarifies muddled subjectivity popular in art criticism …
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Extending a quantifier scope resolution algorithm by accounting for negation.
… and Corriveau can be extended to account for negation. We propose an extension to Saba and Corriveau QC algorithm. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis2002 .P37. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 41-04, page: 1116. …
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The logics of deflation: autonomy, negation and the avant-garde
… publication, The Logics of Deflation: Autonomy, Negation and the Avant-Garde, collects essays recently published in various journals (Radical Philosophy, Historical Materialism, Oxford Art Journal, Third Text) and in museum publications. The publications address a number of key issues affecting …
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Some Interactions of Grammar and Pragmatics in Negation in Korean
… in order to adequately describe the facts of negation in Korean, the pragmatics must be considered along with the grammar.
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Aspects of morphology and syntax of negation in Greek sign language
… of the morphophonology, syntax and scope of negation in the Greek Sign Language with emphasis on the means and mechanisms that this sign language employs in order to express negation. The data analysis presented is based on natural data provided by Deaf informants. The initial pilot study …
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A Syntactic and Semantic Description of Negation in South Asian Languages
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A Semantic Syntax of Grammatical Negation in the Older Germanic Dialects
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Truthmaker and negation: Investigations of nonbeing, negative events, and counterfactual conditionals
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Negation and Aspect: A comparative study of Mandarin and Cantonese varieties
… examines the interaction between standard negation and aspect in Chinese under two conditions: bare negation showing negation-situation type compatibility, and negation with overt aspectual marking. The comparative study of Beijing Mandarin, Taiwan Mandarin, Hong Kong Cantonese, and the …
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