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Kiranti double negation A copula conjecture
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Abstract
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| It is shown how Kiranti languages often express a semantically single clausal negation of a declarative verbal main clause with two clausal negators. We conjecture that the second negator has its origin in a copula and that the reinterpretation and integration of the copula into a negative construction follows the scenario known as a "Jespersen Cycle". |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman area. - Bundoora
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Publication
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Bundoora
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2017
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ISSN
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0731-3500
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DOI
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10.1075/LTBA.40.1.02VAN
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Volume/pages
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40
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(2017)
, p. 40-58
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ISI
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000415679700002
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