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Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation
Language:
Maltese
Feature:
Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation
by
Martin Haspelmath
Value:
Mixed behaviour
Examples
Sentence igt-1878:
Patricia ma rat-x lit-tifel .
Patricia
Patricia
ma
neg
rat-x
she.saw-
neg
lit-tifel .
acc
.the-boy
Patricia did not see the boy.
Sentence igt-1879:
Patricia ma rat(*-x) xejn .
Patricia
Patricia
ma
neg
rat(*-x)
saw
xejn .
nothing
Patricia did not see anything.
References
Haspelmath 1997
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