Do double negation structures yield single negation interpretations in Mandarin Chinese? Some comments on Li et al. (2018)

Weifeng Han; Amanda Müller

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2018.10.010

Do double negation structures yield single negation interpretations in Mandarin Chinese? Some comments on Li et al. (2018)

Weifeng Han, Amanda Müller

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

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Li et al. (2018) claimed that a single negation (SN) interpretation is possible for double negation (DN) structures in Mandarin Chinese (MC) when a DN sentence has a combination of the negation operators méi(yŏu)-méi(yŏu) (not-not), bù-méi(yŏu) (not-not), cóngláiméi/cóngláibù-X (ever no-not), or méi(yŏu)-bù (not-not), and when there is stress on the second negation operator. This discussion questions the test materials and choice of participants, calling into doubt the findings of Li et al. (2018).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	64-68
Number of pages	5
Journal	LINGUA
Volume	216
Early online date	3 Nov 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2018.10.010
Publication status	Published - Dec 2018

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Double negation
Mandarin Chinese
Single negation

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Do double negation structures yield single negation interpretations in Mandarin Chinese? Some comments on Li et al. (2018)

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