Lee Yin Fai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [143-148]). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgement --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Contents --- p.iv / List of Tables --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.0 --- Negation in natural language --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Negation in spoken languages: a typological description --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Sentential negation and constituent negation --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Assertion and sentential negation --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Sentential negation and emphatic affirmation --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Sentential negation versus constituent negation --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3. --- Sentential negation and the tense/aspect system --- p.13 / Chapter 1.4 --- Scope ambiguities of quantification and sentential negation --- p.16 / Chapter 1.5 --- Scope of the present study --- p.22 / Chapter 1.6 --- Data collection and notation conventions --- p.28 / Chapter 1.6.1 --- Spontaneous naturalistic data --- p.28 / Chapter 1.6.2 --- Elicited data --- p.28 / Chapter 1.6.3 --- Notation conventions --- p.29 / Chapter 1.7 --- Thesis organization --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Negation in Sign Languages --- p.31 / Chapter 2.0 --- Introduction --- p.31 / Chapter 2.1 --- Negation in sign languages: a typological description --- p.31 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Constituent negation in sign languages --- p.33 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Sentential negation in sign languages --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2 --- Different approaches to analyses of negation in sign languages --- p.40 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The syntax of headshake in sign languages --- p.40 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The syntax and semantics of ASL manual negation markers --- p.46 / Chapter 2.2.2.1 --- Syntax and Semantics of negators in ASL --- p.46 / Chapter 2.2.2.2 --- Clause-final negator and focus?? --- p.58 / Chapter 2.3 --- Chapter summary --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Negation in Hong Kong Sign Language --- p.63 / Chapter 3.0 --- Introduction --- p.63 / Chapter 3.1 --- Non-manual negative expressions in HKSL --- p.63 / Chapter 3.2 --- Constituent negation in HKSL --- p.67 / Chapter 3.3 --- Sentential negation in HKSL --- p.75 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Negative Modals --- p.76 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Negative Temporals --- p.80 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Simple negatives: NOT and NOT-HAVE --- p.82 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Negative locative-existential: NOT´ؤEXIST --- p.85 / Chapter 3.4 --- Syntactic position of the sentential negators --- p.87 / Chapter 3.5 --- Chapter summary --- p.90 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- NOT and NOT一HAVE in Hong Kong Sign Language --- p.91 / Chapter 4.0 --- Introduction --- p.91 / Chapter 4.1 --- Sentential negation in HKSL --- p.91 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Sentential negator NOT --- p.92 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Sentential negator NOT´ؤHAVE --- p.94 / Chapter 4.2 --- Semantic Distinction of NOT and NOT´ؤHAVE --- p.95 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Eventualities versus propositions --- p.96 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Event variables --- p.98 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Negative existential quantifier NOT HAVE --- p.99 / Chapter 4.3 --- Interaction with other semantic categories --- p.104 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- NOT and NOT´ؤHAVE: Scope ambiguity with quantifier ALL --- p.105 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- NOT and NOT_HAVE with aspect in HKSL --- p.111 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- NOT versus NOT´ؤHAVE: identification and existence --- p.118 / Chapter 4.4 --- Chapter Summary --- p.124 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Conclusion --- p.126 / Appendix 1 List of Examples / Bibliography