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Part 1 The semantic nature of polarity sensitivity: previous approaches;polarity sensitivity as semantic dependency; polarity sensitivity in dynamicsemantics; conclusions. Part 2 Varieties of sensitivity in Greek: sentencestructure in Greek; the syntactic representation of negation; affectivedependencies; free choice items; mood choice in relative clauses; conclusion.Part 3 Polarity dependencies and (non)veridicality: mood choice and affectivedependencies; determiners, quantifier and (non)veridicality; other licensingenvironments for affective polarity items; negative polarity; generalizing(non)veridicality - noneffective dependencies and "any"; conclusions. Part 4The syntactic characterization of the licensing domain: manifestations ofnegative concord; the NEG-criterion approach; the nonquantificationalapproach - n-words as indefinites; n-words as context sensitive expressions;negative concord and quantifier scope; weak negative dependencies; thepragmatic import of negative sentences; conclusion.