This paper is about the phenomenon known as Neg-Raising. All previous analyses of Neg-Raising fall into one of two categories: syntactic and semantic/pragmatic. The syntactic approach derives the unexpected interpretation of Neg-Raising expressions from a Neg movement operation in the syntax (Fillmore in Word 19:208–231, 1963) while the semantic/pragmatic approach derives it as an inference attributed to an excluded middle associated with Neg-Raising predicates (Bartsch in Linguistische Berichte 27:1–7, 1973). In this squib, I discuss a collection of novel and known data, which I argue indicate that both a Neg movement operation as well as an excluded middle are necessary to account for the full range of data. I propose that Neg-Raising is an intrinsically semantic/pragmatic phenomenon and that the Neg movement operation is conditioned by the presence of an excluded middle. I offer a generalization that takes a step towards understanding this mysterious dependency.

中文翻译：

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负举和负向运动

本文是关于被称为负上升的现象。先前对否定提倡的所有分析都属于两类之一：句法和语义/语用。句法方法是从语法中的Neg运动运算中得出Neg-Raising表达式的意外解释（Fillmore in Word 19：208–231，1963年），而语义/语用方法则将其作为归因于与提高否定谓词（Bartsch in Linguistische Berichte 27：1–7，1973年）。在这个引爆中，我讨论了一组新颖的已知数据，我认为这表明负负运动操作和排除的中间数据对于说明全部数据都是必需的。我提出，“负筹码”是一种内在的语义/语用现象，而“负筹码”的移动操作受排除的中间词的存在制约。我提供了一个概括，它朝着理解这一神秘的依赖关系迈出了一步。