Negation in Jukun
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Anne Storch
Abstract
Central Jukunoid languages (East Benue-Congo, Nigeria) such as Hone or Wapan exhibit rich and complex systems of negation. There are different strategies depending on whether negation of the indicative or subjunctive mood of the verb is expressed, or whether an object or a noun phrase is negated. Closely related to negation patterns are the so-called “repeating” or “recapitulative pronouns”, which sometimes resemble Chadic intransitive copy pronouns. This contribution describes how negation focuses on different constituents and explores the origin of negation morphemes and constructions out of focus and mirativity markers. These seem to have developed from semantically oppositional markers that are assumed to have been discourse markers first in Jukun before they were transformed into focus and negation elements.
Abstract
Central Jukunoid languages (East Benue-Congo, Nigeria) such as Hone or Wapan exhibit rich and complex systems of negation. There are different strategies depending on whether negation of the indicative or subjunctive mood of the verb is expressed, or whether an object or a noun phrase is negated. Closely related to negation patterns are the so-called “repeating” or “recapitulative pronouns”, which sometimes resemble Chadic intransitive copy pronouns. This contribution describes how negation focuses on different constituents and explores the origin of negation morphemes and constructions out of focus and mirativity markers. These seem to have developed from semantically oppositional markers that are assumed to have been discourse markers first in Jukun before they were transformed into focus and negation elements.
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
