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Negation in Korlai Indo-Portuguese

Abstract

Korlai displays patterns in negation largely similar to those found in Marathi, the adstrate language. An example of this is the apparent calque of the Marathi negative construction with ‘want’, where Korlai ni kɛ ‘don’t/doesn’t want’ (negator ni with a reduced form of keré ‘want’) corresponds to Marathi nako, a lexicalized form translated as ‘don’t/doesn’t want’. Based on socio-historical evidence, it is argued that these patterns likely developed early on in the history of Korlai. There are some innovations in Korlai, as well, not found in its adstrate language: it has a future negation marker in pa (eló nu pa andá kadz ‘they won’t go home’), it exhibits an unexpected order of the negative element nu with the deontic particle maʃi ‘must/should’ (eló maʃi nu andá ‘they must/should not go’), and its negative pronouns (nad ‘nothing’, ningɛ̃ ‘nobody’, neú̃ ‘none’) are sensitive to definiteness. These more recent developments suggest that Korlai, while sharing negation patterns with Marathi, has evolved independently of its adstrate language.

Abstract

Korlai displays patterns in negation largely similar to those found in Marathi, the adstrate language. An example of this is the apparent calque of the Marathi negative construction with ‘want’, where Korlai ni kɛ ‘don’t/doesn’t want’ (negator ni with a reduced form of keré ‘want’) corresponds to Marathi nako, a lexicalized form translated as ‘don’t/doesn’t want’. Based on socio-historical evidence, it is argued that these patterns likely developed early on in the history of Korlai. There are some innovations in Korlai, as well, not found in its adstrate language: it has a future negation marker in pa (eló nu pa andá kadz ‘they won’t go home’), it exhibits an unexpected order of the negative element nu with the deontic particle maʃi ‘must/should’ (eló maʃi nu andá ‘they must/should not go’), and its negative pronouns (nad ‘nothing’, ningɛ̃ ‘nobody’, neú̃ ‘none’) are sensitive to definiteness. These more recent developments suggest that Korlai, while sharing negation patterns with Marathi, has evolved independently of its adstrate language.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Abbreviations and symbols ix
  5. Negation and negative concord 1
  6. Part 1. French related Creoles
  7. Sentential negation and negative words in Guadeloupean Creole 11
  8. What is negative in Haitian Creole? Negative Concord Items, sentential, constituent and expletive negation 33
  9. A lexicalist account of negation and negative concord in Mauritian 69
  10. Part 2. English related Creoles
  11. Negation in Pichi (Equatorial Guinea) 103
  12. Licensing negation and negative concord in Atlantic Creoles 125
  13. Negation in Singapore English 153
  14. Part 3. Portuguese related Creoles
  15. Negation in Cape Verdean Creole 173
  16. Elements of denial in Capeverdean 191
  17. Negation in Korlai Indo-Portuguese 211
  18. Negation and negative concord in Guinea-Bissau Kriyol (in comparison with Portuguese, substrate-adstrate languages and other Portuguese Creoles) 225
  19. Part 4. Other lexifier
  20. Negation in Palenquero 257
  21. Cross-linguistic negation contrasts in co-convergent contact languages 289
  22. Conclusions 313
  23. Index 325
Negation and Negative Concord
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https://doi.org/10.1075/coll.55.10cle

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Abbreviations and symbols ix
  5. Negation and negative concord 1
  6. Part 1. French related Creoles
  7. Sentential negation and negative words in Guadeloupean Creole 11
  8. What is negative in Haitian Creole? Negative Concord Items, sentential, constituent and expletive negation 33
  9. A lexicalist account of negation and negative concord in Mauritian 69
  10. Part 2. English related Creoles
  11. Negation in Pichi (Equatorial Guinea) 103
  12. Licensing negation and negative concord in Atlantic Creoles 125
  13. Negation in Singapore English 153
  14. Part 3. Portuguese related Creoles
  15. Negation in Cape Verdean Creole 173
  16. Elements of denial in Capeverdean 191
  17. Negation in Korlai Indo-Portuguese 211
  18. Negation and negative concord in Guinea-Bissau Kriyol (in comparison with Portuguese, substrate-adstrate languages and other Portuguese Creoles) 225
  19. Part 4. Other lexifier
  20. Negation in Palenquero 257
  21. Cross-linguistic negation contrasts in co-convergent contact languages 289
  22. Conclusions 313
  23. Index 325
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