Negation in gapping /
Sophie Repp.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- xi, 266 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 22 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-261) and index.
Introduction -- The problem and outline of the book -- Some basic features of gapping -- Theories of gapping -- Summary and sketch of the proposal -- The syntax of clausal negation : the distributed scope readings in main verb gapping -- Clausal negation in English and German -- Adjuncts in gapping -- The syntax of gapping : proposal -- The right kind of contrast : narrow scope readings -- Contrastive but -- And and the principle of balanced contrast -- Auxiliary gapping and contrasting vPs -- Focus particles -- Summary -- Negation and the speech act -- Corrections and corrective but : more narrow scope readings -- The wide scope readings -- Finiteness in gapping -- Assertion -- Anchoring -- Anchoring and gapping -- Summary.