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This paper investigates the differences in distribution between weak and strong NPIs in English. It is proposed that both weak and strong NPIs are licensed by Downward Entailing (DE) operators; but that weak NPIs only pay attention to the truth-conditional content of their licensers, while strong NPIs must pay attention to non-truthconditional meaning as well in their search for a DE licenser.
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Gajewski, Jon
(2008)
"Licensing strong NPIs,"
University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics: Vol. 14
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