8.92, Sum: Polarity

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Subject: 8.92, Sum: Polarity

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Date:  Thu, 23 Jan 97 19:49:51 +0900
From:  akikoy at center.osaka-gu.ac.jp
Subject:  summary: polarity

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Date:  Thu, 23 Jan 97 19:49:51 +0900
From:  akikoy at center.osaka-gu.ac.jp
Subject:  summary: polarity


     I apologize that it took such a long time to make a summary of
the query that I posted a few months ago.  I asked native speakers of
English to judge the acceptability of the following sentences on the
basis of a four-point scale, where an evaluation of "4" signifies
perfect acceptability and a rating of "1" indicates unacceptability
(4=OK, 3=?, 2=?*, 1=*).  The results were as follows (the number in
[...] shows the mean for each example):

(1) a. [ 3.9 ] Chomsky wasn't a bit happy about these facts.
    b. [ 2.4 ] Chomsky didn't talk about these facts yet.
    c. [ 4.0 ] Chomsky didn't talk about any of these facts.
(2) a. [ 3.2 ] No one was a bit happy about these facts.
    b. [ 3.9 ] No one has talked about these facts yet.
    c. [ 4.0 ] No one talked about any of these facts.
(3) a. [ 2.1 ] At most three linguists were a bit happy about these facts.
    b. [ 1.7 ] At most three linguists have talked about these facts yet.
    c. [ 3.1 ] At most three linguists have talked about any of these facts.

I would like to express my gratitude to the following respondents:

lance.eccles at mq.edu.au
kehler at ai.sri.com
SamPi at alcove.Arlington.MA.US
protol9 at mail.idt.net
amiller at ling.ohio-state.edu
stephen at acm.org
jim at cs.flinders.edu.au
pbryant at nllia.gov.au
bunningm at mail.austasia.net
kej at aruba.ccit.arizona.edu
dberkley at babel.ling.nwu.edu
pdaniels at press-gopher.uchicago.edu
tpc1 at ra.msstate.edu
kstanley at charlotte.infi.net
wehmeyer at aall.ufl.edu
annabel at linguistics.ucl.ac.uk
green at pangeanet.it
sstraigh at binghamton.edu
slug at UDel.Edu
dh2 at conciliator.acsu.buffalo.edu
cwhiteley at tyco.geis.com
ragniren at globalnet.it
mew1 at siu.edu
katkows2 at pilot.msu.edu
misrael at ucsd.edu
abbottb at pilot.msu.edu
maxw at cogs.susx.ac.uk
Virginia.Clark at Uvm.Edu
crouch at signal.dra.hmg.gb
shelley at bst.com
ocls at sibylline.com
carrier at dolphin.upenn.edu
dberkley at babel.ling.nwu.edu
GOSHEA at acadamh.ucd.ie
esmae at adacel.com.au
RPetterson at ipc.ac.nz
D. J.L.Watt at newcastle.ac.uk
rowe at email.unc.edu
Mark at dragonsys.com
RCosper at HUSKY1.STMARYS.CA
kripkeeb at gusun.georgetown.edu

best

Akiko Yoshimura
Osaka Gakuin University
2-36-1 Kishibe-Minami
Suita, Osaka 564 JAPAN
e-mail: akikoy at center.osaka-gu.ac.jp

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