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Our goal in this chapter is to provide a formal theory of negation in ordinary language, as opposed to the formal theory of negation in logic and mathematics. In order to provide for a linguistically and cognitively sound theory of negation, we argue for the introduction of a dyadic negation predicate lack and a force dynamic account of affirmation and negation in general.
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Kornai, A. (2023). Negation. In: Vector Semantics. Cognitive Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5607-2_4
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