Connective negation and negative concord in Balto-Slavic

Abstract

With negative indefinite pronouns the Balto-Slavic languages all exhibit strict negative concord. In this study we investigate how negative concord functions in a context in which a connective negator (‘neither ... nor’) combines either phrases or clauses. We show that there are various types of non-concordant patterns.

Keywords

• Connective negation
• Strict negative concord
• Non-strict negative concord
• Quirky negative concord