Turkish Polarity-Sensitive Items

@cite{haspelmath-1997}

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

• kimse: Weak NPI (questions, conditionals, indirect negation)
• hiç kimse: Emphatic negative indefinite (direct negation)
• herhangi biri: Free choice item

def Fragments.Turkish.PolarityItems.kimse : Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.PolarityItemEntry

kimse — Weak NPI. Historically 'person'; now polarity-sensitive in questions, conditionals, and indirect negation.

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def Fragments.Turkish.PolarityItems.hicKimse : Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.PolarityItemEntry

hiç kimse — Emphatic negative indefinite. hiç intensifier + kimse; direct negation only.

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def Fragments.Turkish.PolarityItems.herhangiBiri : Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.PolarityItemEntry

herhangi biri — Free choice item. 'Any person at all'.

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theorem Fragments.Turkish.PolarityItems.turkish_npis_strengthening : ([kimse, hicKimse].all fun (e : Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.PolarityItemEntry) => e.scalarDirection == Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.ScalarDirection.strengthening) = true