Negative indefinites [electronic resource] / Doris Penka. Penka, Doris. Definiteness (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general Negatives. Grammar, Comparative and general Determiners. Semantics. P299.D43 415 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Doris Penka delivers a unified analysis of the semantics and syntax of negative indefinites - as in the expressions nobody nothing, never and nowhere - and their counterparts in other languages. Contrary to standard assumptions, the author argues that these expressions are not inherently negative and are only licensed by a covert negation. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (xii, 264 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199567263.001.0001 eng Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 32 Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 32.