polarity item

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English

Noun

Examples
  • I liked the film somewhat / *I didn't like the film somewhat (positive polarity item)
  • I didn't like the film at all / *I liked the film at all (negative polarity item)

polarity item (plural polarity items)

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  1. (linguistics) A lexical item that can appear only in environments associated with a particular grammatical polarity.
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