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The negative existential cycle in Bantu.

dc.contributor.authorBernander, R.
dc.contributor.authorDevos, M.
dc.contributor.authorGibson, H.
dc.contributor.editorLjuba Veselinova, Arja Hamari
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-14T13:25:54Z
dc.date.available2024-03-14T13:25:54Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/12850
dc.descriptionRenewal of negation has received ample study in Bantu languages. Still, the relevant literature does not mention a cross-linguistically recurrent source of standard negation, i.e., the existential negator. The present paper aims to find out whether this gap in the literature is indicative of the absence of the Negative Existential Cycle (NEC) in Bantu languages. It presents a first account of the expression of negative existence in a geographically diverse sample of 93 Bantu languages. Bantu negative existential constructions are shown to display a high degree of formal variation within both dedicated and non-dedicated constructions. Although such variation is indicative of change, existential negators do not tend to induce changes at the same level as standard negation. The only clear cases of the spread of an existential negator to the domain of standard negation in this study appear to be prompted by sustained language contact.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherLanguage Science Press
dc.relation.ispartofseriesResearch On Comparative Grammar
dc.titleThe negative existential cycle in Bantu.
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.subject.frascatiLanguages and Literature
dc.audienceScientific
dc.subject.freeCulture & Society
dc.source.titleThe Negative Existential Cycle
dc.source.page59-113
Orfeo.peerreviewedYes
dc.identifier.doiDOI: 10.5281/ zenodo.7353601
dc.identifier.rmca6326


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