English Dictionary

neg-raising

名詞

不可算名詞

(linguistics) The phenomenon by which certain negated predicates (e.g. think, believe, expect) can give rise to a reading where the negation seems to take scope from an embedded clause.

日本語の意味

（言語学）特定の否定形を含む述語（例：think, believe, expect）から、否定が埋め込み節に由来しているように見える現象、すなわち否定の意味が主節に昇格して解釈される現象

The paper argues that neg-raising can account for why 'I don't think' is often understood as 'I think not'.

その論文は、「I don't think」がしばしば「I think not」と解釈される理由を説明するものとして、否定上昇現象を挙げている。

意味（1）

(linguistics) The phenomenon by which certain negated predicates (e.g. think, believe, expect) can give rise to a reading where the negation seems to take scope from an embedded clause.