Short description

I am a student in the Master in Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics (UPV/EHU).

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Afiliation

University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).

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I am interested in

Semantics, Syntax-Semantics interface, Negative polarity items, Indefinites.

Main research topic

The syntactic distribution and semantics of the Swedish indefinite pronoun and determiner någon.

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Brief summary of my research topic

There is a still unresolved debate as to whether Positive Polarity Items (PPIs) and Negative Polarity Items (NPIs) obey the same kind of mechanisms and therefore should be treated in a unified way or whether a different theoretical treatment is necessary for each category.

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The Swedish indefinite pronoun and determiner någon has both positive polarity and negative polarity meanings. For almost every syntactic configuration in which någon appears we find both a some-like usage and an any-like usage.

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My research questions are the following ones:

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1. Positive polarity and negative polarity are usually considered to be in a complementary distribution pattern.

How is it possible that någon combines positive polarity and negative polarity usages in almost all configurations of its syntactic distribution?

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2. Is it possible to derive NPI-hood and PPI-hood from a common undelying semantics for någon? If so, how?

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3. Do NPIs and PPIs obey the same kind of mechanisms or different explanations must be provided for each category?

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