Abstract
In a unified account of negative polarity and free choice expressed by amu/any or wh-indefinites in Korean and English, this paper argues that the notion of concession by arbitrary or disjunctive choice (based on indefiniteness) is crucial. With this central notion all the apparently diverse polarity- related phenomena can be explained consistently, not just described in terms of distribution. With strong negatives and weak affective licensors, concessive force is not emphasized and the licensed NPIs reveal existential force, whereas with free choice and generic-like items, licensed by modals, concessive force is emphasized and the whole category denoted by the given Noun is reached, giving the impression of universal force. The logical consequences of monotone decreasingness is transparent with strong negatives but less so with weaker ones.
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