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June 6, 2026Folia LinguisticaOpen Access

Affirmative-to-negative correspondences in the phasal polarity domain

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Overview

Analysis uncovers asymmetries in affirmative and negative phasal polarity across 150 languages, suggesting evolutionary biases.

Key Points

  • The aim is to explore the relationships between affirmative and negative elements in phasal polarity systems across multiple languages.
  • Examined a convenience sample of 150 languages from 101 phyla.
  • Analyzed the scope relations between negation and operators in these languages.
  • Assessed the prevalence of inner negation strategies compared to wide-scope patterns.
  • Inner negation is predominantly used globally, outnumbering wide-scope systems dramatically.
  • The pattern 'still not' for 'not yet' is more common than 'already not' for 'no longer'.
  • The presence of 'already not' frequently predicts the use of 'still not', providing insights against Löbner’s duality hypothesis.

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Bastian Persohn (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23bbeb71a5da9775e77492https://doi.org/10.1515/flin-2025-0093
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