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Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation
Language:
Tzutujil
Feature:
Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation
by
Martin Haspelmath
Value:
No predicate negation
Examples
Sentence igt-1927:
Majuun x-in-tz’at.
Majuun
nothing
x-in-tz’at.
comp
-
1sg
.
erg
- see
I saw nothing.
Sentence igt-1928:
Ma x-b’e ta jar Aa Lu7.
Ma
neg
x-b’e
comp
-go
ta
IRREAL
jar
the
Aa
young
Lu7.
Pedro
Pedro did not go.
Sentence igt-2772:
ma-juun
ma-juun
[
neg
-one]
'nobody'
References
Dayley 1985
cite
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