Polarity item
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polarity-item-272-11714073
title:
Polarity item
text:
In linguistics, a polarity item is a lexical item that is associated with affirmation or negation. An affirmation is a positive polarity item, abbreviated PPI or AFF. A negation is a negative polarity item, abbreviated NPI or NEG. The linguistic environment in which a polarity item appears is a licensing context. In the simplest case, an affirmative statement provides a licensing context for a PPI, while negation provides a licensing context for an NPI. However, there are many complications, and
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description:
Lexical item associated with affirmation or negation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarity_item
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date modified:
2023-05-12T08:43:46Z
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