Chapter 8. Negation in Asturian
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Rosabel San-Segundo-Cachero
Abstract
The discourse markers in modern Asturian non and nun are not just two variants of the same unit of negation, as has been traditionally thought. Rather, they are lexical items that codify different types of polarity and express different types of negation. The present analysis will show that non is a peripheral independent C-unit that expresses relative polarity and is used to refute a previous utterance (metalinguistic negation). Nun, on the other hand, is an ambiguous negative marker: not only does it codifies negative polarity in ΣP and legitimises negative polarity items (sentential negation); it is also linked to ascending intonation, can activate the <objection> value of relative polarity in C, and refutes a previous statement.
Abstract
The discourse markers in modern Asturian non and nun are not just two variants of the same unit of negation, as has been traditionally thought. Rather, they are lexical items that codify different types of polarity and express different types of negation. The present analysis will show that non is a peripheral independent C-unit that expresses relative polarity and is used to refute a previous utterance (metalinguistic negation). Nun, on the other hand, is an ambiguous negative marker: not only does it codifies negative polarity in ΣP and legitimises negative polarity items (sentential negation); it is also linked to ascending intonation, can activate the <objection> value of relative polarity in C, and refutes a previous statement.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- List of reviewers ix
- Chapter 1. Northern soul 1
- Chapter 2. Asturian and Asturian Spanish at the syntax-phonology interface 15
- Chapter 3. Semantic anchoring 45
- Chapter 4. Are Asturian clitics distinctly distinct? 73
- Chapter 5. ¿Qué che femos con el che? 93
- Chapter 6. Pluractional perfects in Eonavian Spanish 109
- Chapter 7. Middle formation and inalienability in Asturian 131
- Chapter 8. Negation in Asturian 151
- Chapter 9. Intonational form and speaker belief in Mieres Asturian polar questions 173
- Chapter 10. Minority language bilingualism and its role in L3 lexical acquisition 195
- Index 217
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- List of reviewers ix
- Chapter 1. Northern soul 1
- Chapter 2. Asturian and Asturian Spanish at the syntax-phonology interface 15
- Chapter 3. Semantic anchoring 45
- Chapter 4. Are Asturian clitics distinctly distinct? 73
- Chapter 5. ¿Qué che femos con el che? 93
- Chapter 6. Pluractional perfects in Eonavian Spanish 109
- Chapter 7. Middle formation and inalienability in Asturian 131
- Chapter 8. Negation in Asturian 151
- Chapter 9. Intonational form and speaker belief in Mieres Asturian polar questions 173
- Chapter 10. Minority language bilingualism and its role in L3 lexical acquisition 195
- Index 217
