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Negation patterns in West African languages and beyond /

This volume deals with issues on negation patterns in languages of West Africa and the adjacent north and east. The first aim is to provide data on various aspects of negation in African languages. Although the topics addressed here reflect a great diversity of negation patterns, the following typol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cyffer, Norbert, Ebermann, Erwin, 1953-, Ziegelmeyer, Georg
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009.
Colección:Typological studies in language ; v. 87.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume deals with issues on negation patterns in languages of West Africa and the adjacent north and east. The first aim is to provide data on various aspects of negation in African languages. Although the topics addressed here reflect a great diversity of negation patterns, the following typological features have been identified to be prominent in our region: conflict or even incompatibility between negation and focus, use of other indirect means of negating non-indicative mood (covered under the term 'Prohibitive'), different negation patterns in different Tense-Aspect-Moods (e.g. Imper.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027289391
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9027206686
9789027206688
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9781282312265
9786612312267
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