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This introduction addresses some key issues and questions in the study of negation and polarity. Focussing on negative polarity and negative indefinites, it summarizes research trends and results. Special attention is paid to the issues of synchronic variation and diachronic change in the realm of negative polarity items, which figure prominently in the articles and commentaries contained in this special issue.
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Penka, D., Zeijlstra, H. Negation and polarity: an introduction. Nat Lang Linguist Theory 28, 771–786 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11049-010-9114-0
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