Hindi Polarity-Sensitive Items

@cite{haspelmath-1997}

Hindi indefinite pronoun polarity items, typed by the categories from Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.

Hindi builds polarity items from the general indefinite koii + particles:

• koii nahiiN: koii + negation → NPI (nobody)
• koii bhii: koii + bhii (even/also) → FCI (anyone at all)

def Fragments.Hindi.PolarityItems.koiiNahiin : Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.PolarityItemEntry

koii nahiiN — Negative indefinite. koii + negation: 'koii nahiiN aayaa' (nobody came).

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def Fragments.Hindi.PolarityItems.koiiBhii : Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.PolarityItemEntry

koii bhii — Free choice item. koii + bhii (even/also): 'koii bhii yah kar saktaa hai' (anyone can do this). @cite{lahiri-1998}

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theorem Fragments.Hindi.PolarityItems.koiiNahiin_koiiBhii_distinct : koiiNahiin.polarityType ≠ koiiBhii.polarityType