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Title Negation in Uralic languages / edited by Matti Miestamo, University of Stockholm ; Anne Tamm, Johns Hopkins University ; Beáta Wagner-Nagy, University of Hamburg
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]

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Series Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; 108
Typological studies in language ; 108
Contents Negation in Uralic Languages; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Abbreviations; Negation in Uralic languages -- Introduction; 1. Presentation of the volume; 2. The Uralic languages; 2.1 Areal spread and sociolinguistic status; 2.2 Genealogy; 2.3 Typology; 3. Negation in typology and in Uralic; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Clausal negation; 3.3 Non-clausal negation constructions; 3.4 Other aspects of negation; 3.5 Conclusion; 4. Conclusion and acknowledgements; References; Appendix: The questionnaire; Questionnaire for describing the negation system of a (Uralic) language
General remarks and instructionsThe Questionnaire:; 1. The language; Constructions expressing negation (Sections 2-3); 2. Clausal negation; 2.1 Standard negation; 2.2 Negation in non-declaratives; 2.3 Negation in non-verbal clauses; 2.4 Negation in dependent/subordinate clauses; 2.5 Other clausal negation constructions; 3. Non-clausal negation; 3.1 Negative replies; 3.2 Negative indefinites and quantifiers; 3.3 Abessive/caritive/privative negation; 3.4 Other negative constructions/expressions; 4. Other aspects of negation; 4.1 The scope of negation; 4.2 Negative polarity
4.3 Case marking under negation4.4 Reinforcing negation; 4.5 Negation and complex clauses; 4.6 Further aspects of negation; References; Part I. Describing negation systemsin Uralic languages; Negation in Forest Enets; 1. Introduction; 2. Clausal negation; 2.1 Standard negation; 2.2 Negation in non-declaratives; 2.2.1 Negation in non-declaratives excluding the hortative and imperative moods; 2.2.2 The hortative and imperative mood
2.2.2.1 Negation of the imperatives in the second person. Structurally, the negation of imperatives follows the general principles of negation. In other words, the negative auxiliary in i- is used, followed by the lexical verb in the connegative. In contr2.2.2.2 Negation of imperatives in the third person. Negation of imperatives in the third person relies on the negative auxiliary in ńi- and the lexical verb in the connegative. With regard to the negation in the singular, specialized vx are attested in c; 2.2.3 Moods based on negative auxiliaries
Summary The grammaticalized expression of negation is a linguistic universal. This volume deals with negation in the Uralic language family in a typological perspective. As in no other major language family before, a comprehensive typological questionnaire provides the basis for the chapters documenting negation in 17 languages. Most of them are endangered. The chapters highlight negative auxiliary verbs-the special Uralic feature-and their ways of combining with the rich inventory of other negators in different types of clauses, as well as negative replies, negative indefinites, abessives/caritives/privatives, scope, polarity and emphatic negation. Selected aspects of negation, such as negative indefinites, negation of non-verbal predicates and information structure, are discussed in more detail in five further chapters. The book brings new typologically informed perspectives on negation in the Uralic family, and it provides valuable data and insights for any linguist working on negation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Uralic languages -- Negatives
Uralic languages -- Grammar, Comparative
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Hungarian.
Uralic languages -- Grammar, Comparative
Languages.
Form Electronic book
Author Miestamo, Matti, 1972- editor.
Tamm, Anne, editor
Wagner-Nagy, Beáta Boglárka, editor
LC no. 2015005972
ISBN 9789027268648
9027268649
9027206899
9789027206893