Negation in Arawak languages / / edited by Lev Michael, Tania Granadillo ; contributors Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald [and eight others].

Negation in Arawak Languages presents detailed descriptions of negation constructions in nine Arawak languages (Apurinã, Garifuna, Kurripako, Lokono, Mojeño Trinitario, Nanti, Paresi, Tariana, and Wauja), as well as an overview of negation in this major language family. Functional-typological in ori...

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Superior document:Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, Volume 6
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; Volume 6.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter / Lev Michael and Tania Granadillo
  • Introduction / Lev Michael and Tania Granadillo
  • Garifuna Negatives / Pamela Munro and Caitlin E. Gallagher
  • Negation in Guianese Lokono/Arawak / Marie-France Patte
  • On Negation in Kurripako Ehe-Khenim / Tania Granadillo
  • Negation in Tariana: A North Arawak Perspective in the Light of Areal Diffusion / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
  • Negation in Apurinã (Arawak) / Sidi Facundes
  • Negation in Wauja Discourse / Christopher Ball
  • Standard and Non-Standard Negation in Paresi / Ana Paula Brandao
  • Negation in Nanti / Lev Michael
  • Negation and Irrealis in Mojeño Trinitario / Françoise Rose
  • A Typological and Comparative Perspective on Negation in Arawak Languages / Lev Michael
  • Index / Lev Michael and Tania Granadillo.