The pragmatics of negation : negative meanings, uses and discursive functions

The pragmatics of negation : negative meanings, uses and discursive functions /

Negation is one of the most discussed phenomena within linguistics, on all language levels though it never seems to be exhausted. This operator establishes complex sentence structures and constantly challenges - from a cognitive, syntactical, semantic and morphologic viewpoint - presuppositions on l...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Roitman, Malin (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; 283.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Negatives.
Language and languages > Negatives.
Pragmatics.
Semantics.
Negation (Logic)
pragmatics.
semantics.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • The Pragmatics of Negation
  • Editorial page
  • Title page
  • LCC data
  • Table of contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 0.1 The nature of negation
  • At the crossroads between truth-value operator and speech act
  • 0.2 The asymmetry of negation
  • A history beyond binary relations
  • 0.3 The markedness of negation: A cognitive challenge and informative unexpectedness
  • 0.4 Metalinguistic negation
  • 0.5 Negation as marker of polyphony and a tool for argumentation
  • 0.6 Summary of the chapters in this volume
  • Part I. Reinforcements of negatives: Pragmatic uses and discursive meanings
  • Chapter 1. Metalinguistic negation and rejection discourse markers in Spanish
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Background overview
  • 1.3 Metalinguistic negation, replies introduced by ma que, otra que, minga que, cómo que, pero si and rejection of a prior discourse
  • 1.4 Evidentiality, polyphonic perspective and rejection replies
  • 1.5 Concluding remarks
  • Chapter 2. Metalinguistic negation and explicit echo, with reference to English and Spanish
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Linguistic reflexivity, metalinguistic negation and discursive echo
  • 2.3 Idiomatic expressions
  • 2.4 Formal and discursive articulation of the explicit echo
  • 2.5 Dialogic vs. monologic uses
  • 2.6 Intensified negation
  • 2.7 Concluding remarks
  • Chapter 3. Metalinguistic negation vs. descriptive negation: Among their kin and foes
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.1.1 Research on negative expressions
  • 3.1.2 What this chapter explores
  • 3.2 Identifying metalinguistic negation
  • 3.2.1 Basic distinctions
  • 3.2.2 Metalinguistic Negation vs. 'Contrastive Negation'
  • 3.3 Negative Polarity vs. MN
  • 3.3.1 Two negations or one negation? Different positions on Metalinguistic Negation
  • 3.4 Implications of some prosody and ERP experiments.
  • 3.4.1 Prosodic markedness of MN-licensed degree adverbials
  • 3.4.2 ERP experiments on MN-licensed degree adverbials
  • 3.4.3 Principle of metalinguistic denial of commonality
  • 3.4.4 MN adverbials: How violations are manifested in brainwaves
  • 3.4.5 Experiment 1: ERP analysis of MN adverbials in written sentences
  • 3.4.6 Experiment 2: ERP analysis of MN adverbials in spoken sentences
  • 3.5 General discussion of ERP Experiments for MN (and NPIs)
  • 3.6 Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgement
  • Chapter 4. Intervention Effects are (lack of) informativity: The case of negative interrogatives
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 A pragmatic affair
  • 4.3 Escaping intervention effects
  • 4.4 Concluding discussion
  • Chapter 5. Discourse-pragmatic change and emphatic negation in Spoken French: Or coming full circle
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 The pragmatics of negation
  • 5.3 Data and approach
  • 5.4 Results: Discourse-pragmatic findings or 'Quand elle mousse, elle ne'
  • 5.4 Results: Discourse-pragmatic findings or 'Quand elle mousse, elle ne'
  • 5.5 Discussion and conclusion(s)
  • Part II. Negation and linguistic polyphony
  • Chapter 6. Interpretations of the French negation ne ... pas
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Pragmatic meaning of negation
  • 6.2.1 Uses and forms of negative utterance
  • 6.2.2 Polemic and descriptive degations
  • 6.2.3 Recapitulation
  • 6.3 Polyphonic analysis
  • 6.3.1 Metalinguistic negation
  • 6.3.2 Descriptive negation
  • 6.3.3 Strong blockers
  • 6.3.4 Weak blockers
  • 6.3.5 Triggers
  • 6.3.6 Blockers and triggers combined
  • 6.3.7 Cotextual constraints
  • 6.4 Conclusions
  • Chapter 7. French negation as a marker of (external/internal) polyphony
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Why linguistic polyphony?
  • 7.3 Linguistic polyphony and different kinds of polyphony
  • 7.3.1 Refusal of the unified nature of the speaker.
  • 7.3.2 The speaker and the points of view
  • 7.3.3 External vs internal polyphony
  • 7.3.4 An example of external polyphony
  • 7.4 The French polemic negation ne ... pas as a marker of external and/or internal polyphony
  • 7.4.1 Polyphony in negated utterances modalised by the modal verb devoir
  • 7.4.2 External and internal polyphony in adversative structures
  • 7.5 Conclusion
  • Part III. Negation and polyphony in discourse analysis
  • Chapter 8. Negation as a rhetorical tool in climate change discourse
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 The IPCC and previous research on climate change discourse
  • 8.3 Negation as a marker of polyphony
  • 8.4 Analysis: The IPCC's "summary for policymakers" 2007 and 2013
  • 8.4.1 The 2007 IPCC summary
  • 8.5 Concluding remarks
  • Chapter 9. Negation and straw man fallacy in French election debates 1974-2012
  • 9.1 Introduction: Negation and argumentation
  • 9.2 Negation in pragmatics: Enunciation theory and in discourse analysis
  • 9.3 Argumentation by negation and the straw man fallacy
  • 9.4 Refutations in the presidential election debates 1974 to 2012: Global scene and generic features
  • 9.4.1 Refuting the collective voice or the opponent's argument
  • 9.5 The straw man fallacies in the presidential debates
  • 9.5.1 Negation used for straw man attacks
  • 9.5.2 Defence against straw man attacks
  • 9.6 Synthesis and discussion
  • 9.6.1 Generalities
  • 9.6.2 Straw man attacks and facts
  • 9.6.3 Right-wing and left-wing straw man negations and differences between candidates
  • 9.6.4 Straw man and political ideas
  • 9.6.5 Straw man and personal attitudes and character
  • 9.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.

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