"neg-raising" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From neg, clipping of negative + raising. Etymology templates: {{m|en|neg}} neg, {{compound|en|negative|raising}} negative + raising Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} neg-raising (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics) The phenomenon by which certain negated predicates (e.g. think, believe, expect) can give rise to a reading where the negation seems to take scope from an embedded clause. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: NEG-raising, Neg-Raising, negative raising
    Sense id: en-neg-raising-en-noun-NkRQyD6N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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