On the scopal interaction of negation and deontic modals

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Authors
Publication date 2009
Host editors
  • M. Aloni
  • H. Bastiaanse
  • T. de Jager
  • P. van Ormondt
  • K. Schulz
Book title Seventeenth Amsterdam Colloquium: December 16-18, 2009: pre-proceedings
Event Logic, language and meaning: 17th Amsterdam Colloquium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages (from-to) 296-305
Publisher Amsterdam: ILLC, University of Amsterdam
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract In this paper we argue that the different scopal relations that deontic
modal auxiliaries cross-linguistically exhibit can be explained by assuming that
(i) polarity effects arise in the domain of universal deontic modals and therefore
not in the domain of existential deontic modals; and (ii) that all deontic modals
must be interpreted VP in situ if their polarity requirements allow for that.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at http://www.illc.uva.nl/AC2009/uploaded_files/preproceedings.pdf
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