The Grammar of Polarity: Pragmatics, Sensitivity, and the Logic of Scales

1. Trivium pursuits 2. Ex nihilo: the grammar of polarity 3. Licensing and the logic of scalar models 4. Sensitivity as inherent scalar semantics 5. The elements of sensitivity 6. The scalar lexicon 7. The family of English indefinite polarity items 8. Polarity and the architecture of grammar 9. The pragmatics of polarity licensing 10. Visions and revisions.

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