A Natural History of Negation

A Natural History of Negation
ISBN-10
1575863367
ISBN-13
9781575863368
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Pages
637
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
CSLI
Author
Laurence R. Horn

Description

This book offers a unique synthesis of past and current work on the structure, meaning, and use of negation and negative expressions, a topic that has engaged thinkers from Aristotle and the Buddha to Freud and Chomsky. Horn's masterful study melds a review of scholarship in philosophy, psychology, and linguistics with original research, providing a full picture of negation in natural language and thought; this new edition adds a comprehensive preface and bibliography, surveying research since the book's original publication.

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