Standard negation: the curious case of South America

IF 1.7 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Olga Krasnoukhova olga krasnǝˈuxǝva, Johan van der Auwera jəʊhan van dər aʊəra, Sietze Norder si:tzə nordər
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Abstract This study compares standard negation in the indigenous languages of South America to the rest of the world. We show that South American languages not only prefer postverbal negation to preverbal negation and negative morphology to syntax, but postverbal morphological negation to any other negation strategy. The predominance of this strategy makes South America distinct from other macro-areas. The study also considers the areal distribution of negation on the South American continent. It shows that negation strategies each have their own concentration area. Postverbal morphological negation, which is the dominant strategy, turns out to be concentrated in the northwest of the continent, with the highest density around the boundaries between Colombia, Peru and Brazil. We suggest that the preference for postverbal morphological negation in South America is likely to be the result of language-internal mechanisms of negation renewal, coupled with language contact.
标准否定:南美洲的奇特案例
摘要本研究比较了南美洲土著语言和世界其他语言的标准否定。研究表明,南美语言不仅倾向于言语后否定而不是言语前否定,而且倾向于语法上的否定形态否定,而且倾向于其他否定策略。这一战略的优势使南美洲有别于其他宏观地区。该研究还考虑了否定在南美大陆的地域分布。结果表明,每种否定策略都有自己的集中区域。语后形态否定是主要的策略,主要集中在美洲大陆的西北部,在哥伦比亚、秘鲁和巴西的边界附近密度最高。我们认为,南美人对言语后形态否定的偏好可能是语言内部否定更新机制和语言接触的结果。
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期刊介绍: Linguistic Typology provides a forum for all work of relevance to the study of language typology and cross-linguistic variation. It welcomes work taking a typological perspective on all domains of the structure of spoken and signed languages, including historical change, language processing, and sociolinguistics. Diverse descriptive and theoretical frameworks are welcomed so long as they have a clear bearing on the study of cross-linguistic variation. We welcome cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of linguistic diversity, as well as work dealing with just one or a few languages, as long as it is typologically informed and typologically and theoretically relevant, and contains new empirical evidence.
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