Abstract
KATIYEN is classified as a negative polarity item that necessarily takes scopeunder clause-mate negation (Kelepir 2001) and subcategorized as a (super)strong-NPIthat is licensed in antimorphic contexts (Görgülü 2017, following Zwarts 1995). I arguethat KATIYEN has a dual use as a negative sensitive item and a degree modifier on thecommon ground. The novel data I present indicate that KATIYEN can be used instructurally (and semantically) nonnegative sentences to express an attitude holder’sultimate degree of certainty. I aim to capture its dual status by suggesting that KATIYENis a universal modal adverb that behaves similarly to the Greek emphatic NPIs bytaking scope over negation (Giannakidou 2000), in addition has a common groundmanaging function of marking the interlocutor’s strong stance towards the positive ornegative proposition.
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