Эволюция показателя экзистенциального отрицания в нанайском языке
Evolution of the existential negation marker in Nanai
Author(s): Sonya Oskolskaya, Natalia M. StoynovaSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Институт языкознания Российской академии наук
Keywords: Nanai; Tungusic languages; negation; existential negation; negative existentials; grammaticalization; grammaticalization cycles; negative-existential cycle;
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the existential negation marker aba (‘not to be, not to exist’) in Nanai (Tungusic) and its nonexistential uses as a part of a standard (verbal) negation construction. These uses vary across dialects and at least one of them is inconsistent with the existing general views on the evolution of negative existentials into standard negators.
Journal: Урало-алтайские исследования
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 01 (24)
- Page Range: 59-76
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Russian