Difference between revisions of "Negation"
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| + | For the semantically related prohibitive mood, see [[Imperatives and Hortatives]]. |
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==Verbal negation== |
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| + | Verbal negation is expressed by an affix that generally takes the shape '''-i(r)'''. Its allomorphy is complex and will be examined in further detail immediately, while syntactic restrictions on its usage are gathered in the following section. |
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| − | Verbal negation is realized as separate negative morphs of TAM suffixes: |
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| + | ===Morphological exponence=== |
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| + | The negative morph exhibits complex allomorphy and at times coalesces with neighboring vowels. It also irregularly presents a final segment '''-r''' that appears in certain contexts. |
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| − | There is also an allomorph ''-eer'' of ''-ee', the former being seen as archaic. More investigation of this alternation is needed, however. |
+ | There is also an allomorph ''-eer'' of ''-ee', the former being seen as archaic. More investigation of this alternation is needed, however. |
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| − | A distinctly inflected negative imperative also exists; see the notes on this under [[Imperatives and Hortatives]]. |
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| + | '''More coming [[User:Faytak|Faytak]] 01:20, 15 December 2012 (UTC)'''' |
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Revision as of 18:20, 14 December 2012
Non-verbal phenomena
Adjectival and Adverb "negation"
For antonymic derived modifiers and agentive nouns, see Derived Modifiers.
Prohibitive
For the semantically related prohibitive mood, see Imperatives and Hortatives.
Verbal negation
Verbal negation is expressed by an affix that generally takes the shape -i(r). Its allomorphy is complex and will be examined in further detail immediately, while syntactic restrictions on its usage are gathered in the following section.
Morphological exponence
See Negative paradigms for the full attested range of subject-object agreement paradigms with negation.
The negative morph exhibits complex allomorphy and at times coalesces with neighboring vowels. It also irregularly presents a final segment -r that appears in certain contexts.
| Gloss | Sereer | Gloss | Sereer |
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| 1SG | -im | 1PL | i-[mut]-ee |
| 2SG | -iro | 2PL | nu-[mut]-ee |
| 3SG | -ee | 3PL | [mut]-ee |
There is also an allomorph -eer of -ee', the former being seen as archaic. More investigation of this alternation is needed, however.
More coming Faytak 01:20, 15 December 2012 (UTC)'
