neg-raising

See also: NEG-raising and Neg-Raising

English

Alternative forms

• NEG-raising
• Neg-Raising
• negative raising

Etymology

From neg, clipping of negative +‎ raising.

Noun

neg-raising (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) The phenomenon by which certain negated predicates (e.g. think, believe, expect) can give rise to a reading where the negation seems to take scope from an embedded clause.

References

• Does Neg-Raising Involve Neg-Raising? by Hedde Zeijlstra

Anagrams

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