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Linglib.Fragments.English.PolarityItems

"any" - the prototypical NPI/FCI

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    "ever" - temporal NPI

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      "yet" - temporal NPI (different from "ever")

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        "anymore" - temporal NPI

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          "at all" - degree NPI

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            "in the least" - degree NPI

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              "a single" - emphatic existential NPI

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                "whatsoever" - emphatic NPI (post-nominal)

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                  "lift a finger" - idiomatic strong NPI

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                    "budge an inch" - idiomatic strong NPI

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                      "in years" - temporal strong NPI

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                        "until" - temporal strong NPI (in some analyses)

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                          "either" — additive strong NPI (@cite{rullmann-2003}, @cite{gajewski-2011}).

                          Per @cite{gajewski-2011} (exs. 39c, 40c, 41c, p. 120): *Only John likes pancakes, either / *If Bill likes pancakes, either / *Mary is sorry that she likes pancakes, either — strong NPI ungrammatical under Strawson-DE / Strawson-AA operators despite vF1999 having shown those contexts to be Strawson-DE.

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                            "whatever" - free relative FCI

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                              "whoever" - free relative FCI

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                                "whichever" - free relative FCI

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                                  "some" (stressed) - PPI reading

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                                    "already" - temporal PPI

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                                      "somewhat" - degree PPI

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                                        "rather" - degree PPI

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                                          "tons of" - canonical emphatic PPI (high value) "She has tons of friends."

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                                            "utterly" - canonical emphatic PPI (high degree) "I was utterly depressed."

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                                              "wild horses" - inverted emphatic NPI (high scalar value, stimulus role) "Wild horses couldn't keep me away."

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                                                "all the tea in China" - inverted emphatic NPI (high value, reward role) "I wouldn't do it for all the tea in China."

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                                                  "a ten-foot pole" - inverted emphatic NPI (high value, instrument role) "I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole."

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                                                    "in a million years" - inverted emphatic NPI (high temporal value) "I wouldn't marry that woman in a million years."

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                                                      "at the drop of a hat" - inverted emphatic PPI (low value, stimulus role) "He's scared of his own shadow / at the drop of a hat."

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                                                        "in a jiffy" - inverted emphatic PPI (low temporal value) "We'll be back in a jiffy."

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                                                          "for a pittance" - inverted emphatic PPI (low monetary value, reward role) "He got Madonna to play for peanuts."

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                                                            "for a song" - inverted emphatic PPI (low monetary value, reward role) "He bought that painting for a song."

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                                                              All weak NPIs

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                                                                All strong NPIs

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                                                                  Inverted (maximizer) NPIs (§3)

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                                                                    All FCIs

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                                                                      Canonical PPIs

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                                                                        Inverted (minimizer) PPIs (§3)

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                                                                          All polarity items

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