Comparative Concept: positive polarity (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
positive polarity (sem)
| Typ | meaning |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | positive polarity • positive • positive (polarity) |
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indicates that the situation expressed in the utterance is true. Example: Kit found his glasses expresses that Kit finding his glasses is true. In the vast majority of languages, positive polarity is zero coded, as in this example. (Section 12.1)