Comments on: NPIs in Russian (are another excuse to compare HPSG and GB) http://jwherring.com/languagemodule/2008/11/11/npis-in-russian-are-another-excuse-to-compare-hpsg-and-gb/ Computational Linguistics Weblog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:47:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Joshua http://jwherring.com/languagemodule/2008/11/11/npis-in-russian-are-another-excuse-to-compare-hpsg-and-gb/#comment-36 Joshua Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:35:48 +0000 http://jwherring.com/languagemodule/?p=38#comment-36 Well, it seemed right when I typed it, but now that you point it out I agree with you. So would any semanticist, actually, so this seems to be a counterexample to the idea of <em>never</em> being antimorphic. So either Pereltsvaig has chosen a bad example, or I've got the definition wrong, or semanticists have been making false claims about <em>never</em> these many years. I really have no idea which it is. Well, it seemed right when I typed it, but now that you point it out I agree with you. So would any semanticist, actually, so this seems to be a counterexample to the idea of never being antimorphic. So either Pereltsvaig has chosen a bad example, or I’ve got the definition wrong, or semanticists have been making false claims about never these many years. I really have no idea which it is.

]]> By: noahpoah http://jwherring.com/languagemodule/2008/11/11/npis-in-russian-are-another-excuse-to-compare-hpsg-and-gb/#comment-35 noahpoah Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:03:38 +0000 http://jwherring.com/languagemodule/?p=38#comment-35 <i>3. I never sing and dance IMPLIES I never sing or I never dance</i> This seems wrong to me. Perhaps I'm being overly logical, but saying I never sing and dance only implies that singing and dancing never occur together for me, not that I never do one or I never do the other. <i>Then you linearize (erm…sequentialize...</i> Nice. 3. I never sing and dance IMPLIES I never sing or I never dance

This seems wrong to me. Perhaps I’m being overly logical, but saying I never sing and dance only implies that singing and dancing never occur together for me, not that I never do one or I never do the other.

Then you linearize (erm…sequentialize…

Nice.

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