Typological studies in negation / edited by Peter Kahrel, René van den Berg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kahrel, Peter.

Berg, René van den, 1960-

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 29.

Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Negatives.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Typology (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of articles offers descriptions of the negation system in 16 languages. As not much is known about negation systems in non-European languages, the first aim of the volume is to provide data on various aspects on negation; for all articles these data were collected on the basis of the same questionnaire.Most work on this subject deals with syntactic aspects of negation; this volume attempts to include pragmatic and semantic issues as well, such as the expression of negative indefinites, interaction of negation and quantifiers, the scope of negation, and the choice of a particula

Contents:

TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN NEGATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; Evenki; Turkish; Sentani; Lewo; Standard Mandarin; Zazaki; Hungarian; Kresh; Babole; Bafut; Berbice Dutch; Waorani; Tuyuca; Wayampi; Maya-Mam; 1. Introduction; 2. Negation; 3. Rhetorical questions; 4. Other particles; 5. Conclusion; Abbreviations; References

Notes:

Contributions on aspects of negation of sixteen languages.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-31200-X

9786613312006

90-272-7510-6

OCLC:

756484663