Polarity
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Polarity is a category that indicates the distinction between affirmative and negative.
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Natural Language
In the UNLarium, polarity may assume two values:
Examples
- English
- not = NEG
- never = NEG
- none = NEG
UNL
In UNL, the attribute polarity may assume the following values:
- Polarity attributes must be assigned according to the scope of the affirmative or negative
- She didn't come = come.@not
- I don't know whether she came = know.@not (but not
came.@not)
- The attribute @yes is used only for emphatic affirmative
- I live here = live
- I do live here = live.@yes
- Polarity attributes must not be informed when lexicalized
- never = never (and not
never.@not)
Examples
- I live here = live
- I do live here = live.@yes
- I don't live here = live.@not
- Maybe I live here = live.@maybe
