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neg-raising

Noun

Meaning

neg-raising (uncountable)

(linguistics) The phenomenon by which certain negated predicates (e.g. think, believe, expect) can give rise to a reading where the negation seems to take scope from an embedded clause.

NEG-raising (uncountable)

Alternative form of neg-raising

Neg-Raising (uncountable)

Alternative form of neg-raising

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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