Dutch polarity items

Polarity items of Dutch typed by PolarityItem: pas 'only then', the positive polarity item that serves as the punctual until and does not combine with negation ([Gia02], the paper's (47); [Kar74b] on the parallel German erst), and ooit 'ever', which [vdW97] shows to be bipolar, a weak negative and a weak positive polarity item at once; Studies/VanDerWouden1997.lean checks the entry against his examples.

References

• [Gia02]
• [Kar74b]
• [vdW97]

def Dutch.PolarityItems.pas : PolarityItem

pas, the punctual until of a positive clause. Its connective entry is Dutch.TemporalConnectives.pas.

Equations

• Dutch.PolarityItems.pas = { form := Dutch.TemporalConnectives.pas.form, antiLicensor := some PolarityItem.DEStrength.antiMorphic }

def Dutch.PolarityItems.ooit : PolarityItem

ooit 'ever', a weak negative polarity item that is also a weak positive polarity item ([vdW97]).

Equations

• Dutch.PolarityItems.ooit = { form := "ooit", licensor := some PolarityItem.DEStrength.weak, antiLicensor := some PolarityItem.DEStrength.antiMorphic }