How to Answer a Negative Question

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The abstract Polarity headPolPDP–PolPol’TPIn sentences with a negation,Pol is assigned negative value,in declarativesTNegPNegintenotVPkommitcome
The abstract Polarity headQ-force±PolQ/FocPolPIn yes/no questions,Pol has the value±Pol.DPPol’±PolTTP(Neg)(NegP)VPkommitcome
Page 1 and 2: HOW TO ANSWER A NEGATIVE QUESTIONAn
Page 3 and 4: Two ways to answer a negative quest
Page 5 and 6: Also called the Agree/Disagree-base
Page 7 and 8: Languages reported to have the pola
Page 9 and 10: Languages reported to have the trut
Page 11 and 12: What is the source of this division
Page 13 and 14: Which system English uses depends o
Page 15 and 16: Forcing the truth-based/agreement-b
Page 17 and 18: (1) Is John not coming?Yes. (Ambigu
Page 19 and 20: IPI’you I NegPvPmust Neg Adv vPno
Page 21 and 22: The structure of questionsQ-forcewh
Page 23 and 24: Chinese A-not-A questions (Huang, L
Page 25 and 26: Answering an A-not-A questionni xi-
Page 27 and 28: Answering an A-not-A questionni xi-
Page 29 and 30: The structure of answers[+Pol]yes F
Page 31 and 32: The structure of answers[-Pol]no Fo
Page 33 and 34: The structure of the answer with lo
Page 35 and 36: The structure of a question with mi
Page 37 and 38: Q: Is John not (actually) coming?A:
Page 39 and 40: YES IP The effect of middle negatio
Page 41 and 42: A language without low negation: Sw
Page 43: The abstract Polarity headPolPDP+Po
Page 47 and 48: The adverb effect: It blocks Agree
Page 49 and 50: The ‘polarity-reversing affirmati
Page 51 and 52: Negative answersQ: Is John not comi
Page 53 and 54: Low negation: Does not value Pol ob
Page 55 and 56: Cross-linguistic prediction• Lang
Page 57 and 58: Q-force[±Pol]youIP[±Pol]APQ-Focti
Page 59 and 60: Q-force[±Pol]IPNEGQ-Focthis[±Pol]
Page 61 and 62: Evidence: The high-negation questio
Page 63 and 64: An alternative analysis of negative
Page 65 and 66: Languages reported to have the trut
Page 67 and 68: Are there shortcuts to the determin
Page 69 and 70: Q-force[±Pol]Q-FocIPIPIPolPyour br
Page 71 and 72: [+Pol] chây Foc IPrightIPIPolPyou
Page 73 and 74: Mauwake: A truth-based answering sy

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