Negation in Czech polar questions
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F25%3A10509896" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/25:10509896 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=qCE3k.nDS0" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=qCE3k.nDS0</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jsl.2025.a970006" target="_blank" >10.1353/jsl.2025.a970006</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Negation in Czech polar questions
Original language description
The meaning of negation in polar questions has been investigated primarily on data coming from English. This paper focuses on the syntax-semantics interface of negation and selected particles in Czech polar questions. We explore the interpretation of negation depending on its syntactic position as well as its relation to question bias. Our analysis of the so-called outer negation relies on Repp's 2013 operator FALSUM. We report on data from a naturalness judgment task where it is shown that (i) FALSUM is preferred in interrogative polar questions, (ii) declarative word order is preferred in evidentially biased contexts, (iii) FALSUM is compatible with any type of evidential bias (positive, negative, neutral), (iv) the particle nahodou is licensed by FALSUM, and (v) the particle copak is sensitive to contextual evidence.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GC21-31488J" target="_blank" >GC21-31488J: Modelling the question-statement opposition in Slavic languages</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Slavic Linguistics
ISSN
1068-2090
e-ISSN
1543-0391
Volume of the periodical
33
Issue of the periodical within the volume
FASL issue
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
1-16
UT code for WoS article
001592504500013
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105018095671