This essay treats semantical negation from the standpoint of game-theoretical semantics. It consists of an exposition and critique of the one previous treatment of negation from this viewpoint, a formulation of negation-formation rules with special attention to the interaction of quantifier scopes and the scope of negation, and applications of this treatment to a number of problems: negation of sentences containing definite descriptions, sentences having contextually determined restrictions on quantifier domains, reciprocal quantification, negative polarity, negative raising, term negation of quantifier phrases, no, the noneffectiveness of negation in general, quantificational only, and tag questions. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-09, Section: A, page: 2714. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75641 |
| Contributors | HAND, MICHAEL ROBERT., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 170 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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