Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; List of tables; Introduction; Chapter 1: Issues in the Syntax of Sentential Negation; Chapter 2: Locus of Negation in Syntactic Structure; Chapter 3: Semantic and Pragmatic Effects of Negative Markers; Chapter 4: Licensing Negative Sensitive Items; Chapter 5: Distribution of the Negation Strategies; Chapter 6: The Jespersen Cycle of Negation; Chapter 7: Summary and Conclusions; References