The impact of clause types and focus control, aspect, modality, and referentiality on negation in Lamang and Hdi (Central Chadic)
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H. Ekkehard Wolff
Abstract
Negation in two closely related Central Chadic languages (Lamang, Hdi) is deeply intertwined with focus and clause types. Marked modality and morphologically marked negation are mutually exclusive; in senso strictu, the negation domain is restricted to the indicative mood. Negation interacts in a systematic way with aspectuality through the intrinsic focus characteristics of some of the aspectual forms. Indirectly, therefore, negation interacts also with referentiality, since referentiality links up again with apectuality and modality. The languages have developed several negation strategies (e.g. general/simple negation, a focus negation frame, a non-focus negation frame, dependent clause negation) and use negative tagging. Lamang has developed a special contrastive term focus negation strategy. The languages differ remarkably, however, with regard to the compatibility of inflexional formatives with negative markers.
Abstract
Negation in two closely related Central Chadic languages (Lamang, Hdi) is deeply intertwined with focus and clause types. Marked modality and morphologically marked negation are mutually exclusive; in senso strictu, the negation domain is restricted to the indicative mood. Negation interacts in a systematic way with aspectuality through the intrinsic focus characteristics of some of the aspectual forms. Indirectly, therefore, negation interacts also with referentiality, since referentiality links up again with apectuality and modality. The languages have developed several negation strategies (e.g. general/simple negation, a focus negation frame, a non-focus negation frame, dependent clause negation) and use negative tagging. Lamang has developed a special contrastive term focus negation strategy. The languages differ remarkably, however, with regard to the compatibility of inflexional formatives with negative markers.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Negation of non-indicative mood in Hausa, Fulfulde and Kanuri 7
- The impact of clause types and focus control, aspect, modality, and referentiality on negation in Lamang and Hdi (Central Chadic) 21
- Quantification and polarity 57
- Negation patterns in Kanuri 71
- Songhay verbal negation in its dialectal and areal context 93
- Negation in Jukun 107
- Negation marking in Igbo 121
- Aspects of discontinuous negation in Santome 139
- Negation in Gur 167
- Double negation-marking 205
- Negation in South Mande 223
- From double negation to portmanteau 261
- The system of negation in Berber 287
- Verb-object-negative order in central Africa 307
- Language index 363
- Name index 365
- Subject index 367
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Negation of non-indicative mood in Hausa, Fulfulde and Kanuri 7
- The impact of clause types and focus control, aspect, modality, and referentiality on negation in Lamang and Hdi (Central Chadic) 21
- Quantification and polarity 57
- Negation patterns in Kanuri 71
- Songhay verbal negation in its dialectal and areal context 93
- Negation in Jukun 107
- Negation marking in Igbo 121
- Aspects of discontinuous negation in Santome 139
- Negation in Gur 167
- Double negation-marking 205
- Negation in South Mande 223
- From double negation to portmanteau 261
- The system of negation in Berber 287
- Verb-object-negative order in central Africa 307
- Language index 363
- Name index 365
- Subject index 367
