Negation in contemporary Votic
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Fedor Rozhanskiy
Abstract
This paper describes negation in contemporary Votic – a near-extinct Finnic language. All the data come from fieldwork carried out in the last decade. We analyse different aspects of the negation system, including such typologically important features as expression of the person and number of the negative construction by the negative auxiliary verb, while the main verb expresses the tense and mood characteristics; the formation of the Votic prohibitive and its classification in the World Atlas of Language Structures; a specific system of negative pronouns; the use of the abessive suffix only in verbal forms; negative conjunctions that can conjugate. The paper also includes a short overview of the changes in the system of negation in contemporary Votic as compared to previous descriptions.
Abstract
This paper describes negation in contemporary Votic – a near-extinct Finnic language. All the data come from fieldwork carried out in the last decade. We analyse different aspects of the negation system, including such typologically important features as expression of the person and number of the negative construction by the negative auxiliary verb, while the main verb expresses the tense and mood characteristics; the formation of the Votic prohibitive and its classification in the World Atlas of Language Structures; a specific system of negative pronouns; the use of the abessive suffix only in verbal forms; negative conjunctions that can conjugate. The paper also includes a short overview of the changes in the system of negation in contemporary Votic as compared to previous descriptions.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Abbreviations vii
- Negation in Uralic languages – Introduction 1
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PART 1. Describing negation systems in Uralic languages
- Negation in Forest Enets 45
- Negation in Tundra Nenets 75
- Negation in Nganasan 103
- Negation in Selkup 133
- Negation in Eastern Khanty 159
- Negation in Mansi 191
- Negation in Hungarian 219
- Negation in Komi 239
- Negation in Udmurt 265
- Negation in Erzya 293
- Negation in Mari 325
- Negation in Skolt Saami 353
- Negation in South Saami 377
- Negation in Estonian 399
- Negation in Livonian 433
- Negation in Finnish 457
- Negation in contemporary Votic 487
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PART 2. More specific aspects of negation in Uralic languages
- Indefinite pronouns in Uralic languages 519
- Special negators in the Uralic languages 547
- The privative derivational suffix in Hungarian 601
- Negation in Eastern Khanty narratives from the perspective of information flow 615
- Mutual influences in negative patterns between Finno-Ugric and Turkic languages in the Volga-Kama area 633
- Index 653
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Abbreviations vii
- Negation in Uralic languages – Introduction 1
-
PART 1. Describing negation systems in Uralic languages
- Negation in Forest Enets 45
- Negation in Tundra Nenets 75
- Negation in Nganasan 103
- Negation in Selkup 133
- Negation in Eastern Khanty 159
- Negation in Mansi 191
- Negation in Hungarian 219
- Negation in Komi 239
- Negation in Udmurt 265
- Negation in Erzya 293
- Negation in Mari 325
- Negation in Skolt Saami 353
- Negation in South Saami 377
- Negation in Estonian 399
- Negation in Livonian 433
- Negation in Finnish 457
- Negation in contemporary Votic 487
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PART 2. More specific aspects of negation in Uralic languages
- Indefinite pronouns in Uralic languages 519
- Special negators in the Uralic languages 547
- The privative derivational suffix in Hungarian 601
- Negation in Eastern Khanty narratives from the perspective of information flow 615
- Mutual influences in negative patterns between Finno-Ugric and Turkic languages in the Volga-Kama area 633
- Index 653
