Negative contexts: Collocation, polarity, and multiple negation. By Ton van der Wouden. (Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics.) London & New York: Routledge, 1997. Pp. 301.

This research emphasizes semantic, syntactic and pragmatic considerations illustrating a wide array of linguistic approaches. Written from within the theoretical framework of Generalized Quantifiers, the three main areas considered are collocations, polarity items and multiple negations.