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Matteo Greco is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University School for Advanced Studies of Pavia, Italy. He received his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind from a joint program between the University Vita e Salute-San Raffaele, Italy, and the University School for Advanced Studies of Pavia in 2017. He specializes in theoretical and experimental linguistics, with a particular interest in syntax and the syntax-semantics interface. His research focuses on the study of linguistic negation and copular sentences. He recently translated and edited a previously unpublished book by Noam Chomsky, titled Il mistero del linguaggio. Nuove prospettive.

Matteo Greco

Matteo Greco is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University School for Advanced Studies of Pavia, Italy. He received his PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind from a joint program between the University Vita e Salute-San Raffaele, Italy, and the University School for Advanced Studies of Pavia in 2017. He specializes in theoretical and experimental linguistics, with a particular interest in syntax and the syntax-semantics interface. His research focuses on the study of linguistic negation and copular sentences. He recently translated and edited a previously unpublished book by Noam Chomsky, titled Il mistero del linguaggio. Nuove prospettive.

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The Syntax of Surprise

Expletive Negation and the Left Periphery
By: Matteo Greco
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Some languages use negative sentences to assert affirmative and surprise propositions. This book sheds light on this puzzle, called expletive negation, with a theoretical analysis and experimental study, exploring its contexts and distinction from standard negation.

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