Universal #1957
Legacy number: 1957
| Number | 1951 |
| Original | If a negative polarity item (NPI) (in particular an auxiliary) can occur in some affective context, it will also appear in all contexts to the right of this context: comparative < conditional < interrogatives < negatives. |
| Standardized | IF a negative polarity item (in particular an auxiliary) can occur in a comparative context, THEN it can also occur in a conditional context. IF a negative polarity item (in particular an auxiliary) can occur in a conditional context, THEN it can also occur in an interrogative context. IF a negative polarity item (in particular an auxiliary) can occur in an interrogative context, THEN it can also occur in a negative context. |
| Keywords | negative polarity item, auxiliary, comparative, conditional, interrogative, negative |
| Domain | syntax |
| Type | implicational hierarchy |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | languages surveyed in Edmondson 1981, Edmondson 1983 |
| Source | Edmondson 1981, Edmondson 1983: 51 |
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