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Date: 2011-09-09 18:25:13
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Polarity item
Presupposition
Singular they
Downward entailing
Double negative
Negation
Grammar
Linguistics
Semantics

Presuppositional Indefinites are Positive Polarity Items Alya Asarina MIT 1. Introduction

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