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Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation
Language:
Nelemwa
Feature:
Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation
by
Martin Haspelmath
Value:
Negative existential construction
Examples
Sentence igt-3823:
Kia agu i uya.
Kia
not.exist
agu
person
i
3sg
uya.
arrive
'Nobody came.' (Lit. 'There isn't a person who came.')
References
Bril 1999
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