Anymore, this feature varies: An experimental study of non-polarity anymore

Anymore, this feature varies: An experimental study of non-polarity anymore. Blanchette, F. & Keppenne, V. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America, 9(1):5730, May, 2024.

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The non-polarity “positive” anymore construction (NPAM; e.g., I write letters anymore, ‘I write letters nowadays’) is a vernacular feature found in the Midland dialect region. Analyses have suggested that while its negative polarity counterpart (I don’t write letters anymore) is associated with a positive presupposition and a negative assertion, NPAM contributes a negative presupposition and a positive assertion. This paper presents an experiment testing this hypothesis. The results provide initial support for the negative presupposition—positive assertion analysis of NPAM, but suggest that regional exposure is not necessary to know this feature does not share the same meaning as NPI-anymore.

@article{blanchette_anymore_2024,
	title = {Anymore, this feature varies: {An} experimental study of non-polarity \textit{anymore}},
	volume = {9},
	copyright = {https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0},
	issn = {2473-8689},
	shorttitle = {Anymore, this feature varies},
	url = {https://journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/index.php/PLSA/article/view/5730},
	doi = {10.3765/plsa.v9i1.5730},
	abstract = {The non-polarity “positive” anymore construction (NPAM; e.g., I write letters anymore, ‘I write letters nowadays’) is a vernacular feature found in the Midland dialect region. Analyses have suggested that while its negative polarity counterpart (I don’t write letters anymore) is associated with a positive presupposition and a negative assertion, NPAM contributes a negative presupposition and a positive assertion. This paper presents an experiment testing this hypothesis. The results provide initial support for the negative presupposition—positive assertion analysis of NPAM, but suggest that regional exposure is not necessary to know this feature does not share the same meaning as NPI-anymore.},
	number = {1},
	urldate = {2024-07-19},
	journal = {Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America},
	author = {Blanchette, Frances and Keppenne, Valerie},
	month = may,
	year = {2024},
	pages = {5730},
}

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