LgMB03 Negation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Dočekal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mojmír Dočekal, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 J22
Prerequisites
Knowledge of formal syntax and semantics, passive knowledge of English.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to teach students to understand formal logical notion of negation but also its application to data from natural language.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able:
- to understand different ways in which natural languages express logical negation, from so called negative concord languages (e.g. Slavonic or to some extent Romance languages) to languages with double negation (e.g. Germanic languages);
- to make deductions based on acquired knowledge from formal grammar about packages of problems like negative concord, negative polarity items, interpretation of indefinite noun phrases in the scope of negation and etc;
- to understand interaction of negation with other natural language phenomena like aspect, interpretation of plurality denoting expressions, etc.
Syllabus
  • form and interpretation of negation, logical negation
  • syntax-semantics interface w.r.t. negation
  • propositional negation, indefinite phrases, negative polarity items, negative concord
  • negation and its interaction with aspect, negation and its interaction with plurality denoting expressions
Literature
    recommended literature
  • De Swart, Henriette. Expression and interpretation of negation: an OT typology. Vol. 77. Springer Science & Business Media, 2009.
  • Zeijlstra, Hedzer Hugo. Sentential negation and negative concord. LOT/ACLC, 2004.
  • DOČEKAL, Mojmír. Czech Negation from the Formal Perspective. Muenchen: Lincom, 2015, 146 pp. LINCOM studies in Slavic linguistics ; 39. ISBN 978-3-86288-664-7. info
  • HORN, Laurence R. A natural history of negation. Standford: CSLI Publications, 2001, xlvii, 637. ISBN 1575863367. info
  • PROGOVAC, Ljiljana. Negative and positive polarity : a binding approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, xii, 168. ISBN 0521444802. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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