Elements of denial in Capeverdean: the negator ka and the properties of n-words
This paper deals with the expression of negation in Capeverdean. More specifically, it aims at showing that this Portuguese-based Creole is a strict Negative Concord language. In fact, n-words (Laka 1990) like ningen ‘no.one’ and nada ‘nothing’ always co-occur with sentential negation, be they in pr...
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| Format: | bookPart |
| Language: | eng |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10451/36541 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/36541 |