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Knowledge base · Part XII — The Simple Clause and Nonverbal Predication

100. TAM, Evidentiality, and Negation on Nonverbal Predicates

How do aspect, evidentiality, and negation attach to nonverbal predicates?

非動詞述語にアスペクト、証拠性、否定はどのように付加されるか?

How copular and other nonverbal predicates host the full sentence-final aspect, evidential, and negation apparatus through ne.

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ne 10an 10isam 5oka(y) 4ka somo ne 4X ka somo ne 3somo 3V ka somo ki 3a 2ka 2V wa an 2kusu ne ruwe ne 2*ruwe ne kusu ne 2somo V 2ruwe ne 2kor 1sak 1*ne ka somo ki 1okkayo ku=ne 1ruwe somo ne 1somo ne 1ruwe 1[complement] ne 1oka=an 1~ne an 1~ne kor 1ru-we 1haw-e 1sir-i 1hum-i 1e=isam 1i- 1*sam 1somo an 1V wa isam 1pirka 1poro 1wen 1pon 1hure 1

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Overview 10 sentences

How do TAM and negation attach to copula, existential, and property-concept predicates?

Negation of copular predicates: the ka somo ne frame 9 sentences· 1 examples

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 12 sentences· 1 examples

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 11 sentences· 1 examples

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 1 claims ·4 sentences· 1 examples

How are property-concept predicates negated?

  1. The negative construction ka hannehka expresses clausal negation meaning 'is not'.
    否定表現 ka hannehka は「~ではない」という意味の節否定を表す。
    form-function sakhalin universal ka hannehka
    asserts murasaki2025
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 4 sentences· 1 examples

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.’
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