Not all Negation Cues are Equal: Affixal Negations Yield Better Negation Understanding

arXiv:2609.13685 · cs.CL, cs.AI · Submitted 2026-09-12 · Read on arXiv

cs.CL, cs.AI

Submitted: 2026-09-12

Updated: 2026-09-12

Comments: Accepted to the EMNLP 2026 Main Conference

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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