Knowledge base · Part XII — The Simple Clause and Nonverbal Predication · this topic as a network
100. TAM, Evidentiality, and Negation on Nonverbal Predicates
How do aspect, evidentiality, and negation attach to nonverbal predicates?
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Negation of copular predicates: the ka somo ne frame
How is a copular predicate negated?
tan pe anak seta ka somo ne wa
this NMLZ TOP dog even NEG COP CONJ
‘This is not a dog.’
TAM on copular predicates: the perfect and the ne/an clause-edge alternation
How does the perfect auxiliary attach to the copula, and what is the static-inchoative duality?
pon cápe ku=ne a kusu
small cat 1SG.A=COP PFV PURP
‘Because I was a small cat —’
The existential an/oka(y) and its suppletive negative isam
How is the existential negated, and what is its suppletive negative form?
nisatta somo k=an
tomorrow NEG 1SG.S=exist
‘I won't be here tomorrow.’
Property-concept predicates: standard clausal negation
How are property-concept predicates negated?
The negative construction ka hannehka expresses clausal negation meaning 'is not'. (Murasaki 2025: 46)
merayke=an ka somo ki no
feel.cold=4.S even NEG do and
‘I don't feel cold, and …’
Scope of negation within the evidential frame
Where does negation sit within the evidential frame for nonverbal predicates?
nep eci=e-sirkirap ka somo ki ru-we ne na
something 2PL.A=APPL-worry even NEG do track-POSS COP FIN
‘You will not be troubled by anything.’