Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Negation of non-indicative mood in Hausa, Fulfulde and Kanuri 7
5. The impact of clause types and focus control, aspect, modality, and referentiality on negation in Lamang and Hdi (Central Chadic) 21
6. Quantification and polarity 57
7. Negation patterns in Kanuri 71
8. Songhay verbal negation in its dialectal and areal context 93
9. Negation in Jukun 107
10. Negation marking in Igbo 121
11. Aspects of discontinuous negation in Santome 139
12. Negation in Gur 167
13. Double negation-marking 205
14. Negation in South Mande 223
15. From double negation to portmanteau 261
16. The system of negation in Berber 287
17. Verb-object-negative order in central Africa 307
18. Language index 363
19. Name index 365
20. Subject index 367