The aim of this study is to compare several kinds of negation by not and consider their characteristics. We distinguish three types of negator :
(a) The clause negator not negates the whole positive finite clause. Instead of NegP by Pollock(1989) a...
The aim of this study is to compare several kinds of negation by not and consider their characteristics. We distinguish three types of negator :
(a) The clause negator not negates the whole positive finite clause. Instead of NegP by Pollock(1989) and Chomsky(1989), the feature [+Neg] is assumed under T(ense). [+Neg] is realized as not by an overt verb under T. Only the clause negator not can be contracted as n't.
(b) The Verb Phrase negator NOT is generated in the VP-adjoined adverb position. There is a special emphatic pause before the VP negator NOT and the stress is on the negator.
(c) The local negator not negates a word or phrase, without making the clause negative.