<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this paper, we will motivate the application of specific rules of inference from the propositional calculus to natural language sentences. Specifically, we will analyse De Morgan’s laws, which pertain to the interaction of two central topics in syntactic research: negation and coordination. We will argue that the applicability of De Morgan’s laws to natural language structures can be derived from independently motivated operations of grammar and principles restricting the application of these operations. This has direct empirical consequences for the hypothesised relations between natural language and logic.</p></abstract>

In this paper, we will motivate the application of specific rules of inference from the propositional calculus to natural language sentences. Specifically, we will analyse De Morgan’s laws, which pertain to the interaction of two central topics in syntactic research: negation and coordination. We will argue that the applicability of De Morgan’s laws to natural language structures can be derived from independently motivated operations of grammar and principles restricting the application of these operations. This has direct empirical consequences for the hypothesised relations between natural language and logic.

De Morgan’s laws and NEG-raising: a syntactic view

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In this paper, we will motivate the application of specific rules of inference from the propositional calculus to natural language sentences. Specifically, we...

De Morgan’s laws and NEG-raising: a syntactic view

Published Online: Aug 02, 2019

Page range: 112 - 121

Received: Nov 03, 2018

Accepted: Jan 28, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lf-2018-0009

Keywords
negation, coordination, ATB movement, Coordinate Structure Constraint, De Morgan’s laws

© 2018 Diego Gabriel Krivochen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

De Morgan’s laws and NEG-raising: a syntactic view

Published Online: Aug 02, 2019

Page range: 112 - 121

Received: Nov 03, 2018

Accepted: Jan 28, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lf-2018-0009

Keywordsnegation, coordination, ATB movement, Coordinate Structure Constraint, De Morgan’s laws

© 2018 Diego Gabriel Krivochen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
negation, coordination, ATB movement, Coordinate Structure Constraint, De Morgan’s laws