This volume offers insights on experimental and empirical research in theoretical linguistic issues of negation and polarity, focusing on how negation is marked

The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research bridges the divide between theoretical and experimental approaches to provide an u

Polarity (positive, negative) is one of the most fundamental concepts in the system of language and there are many expressions that are sensitive to polarity. F

In this volume, international experts in negation provide a comprehensive overview of cross-linguistic and philosophical research in the field, as well as accou

Expressing negation is a universal property of all human languages. There is considerable variation, however, in the exact ways negation materializes cross-ling