Xiang, Yimei

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    Neg-raising and Aspect: Evidence from Mandarin
    (2013-01-28) Xiang, Yimei
    Two canonical negatives in Mandarin, mei and bu, display an asymmetry with respect to the presence of neg-raising inferences. In particular, mei prefers non-neg-raising readings, while bu, unless attaching to a functional category, is forced to be interpreted as neg-raising. This paper aims to explore an approach to address this asymmetry based on interactions between negation and aspect in both syntax and semantics. I argue that the asymmetry between mei and bu is resulted from their syntactic positions relative to aspect, and their licensing conditions especially selections of event variable binders.