Two-part Negation in Yang Zhuang

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dc.contributor.authorJackson, Eric
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-26T22:24:26Z
dc.date.available2019-02-26T22:24:26Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-20
dc.description.abstractThe negation system of Yang Zhuang includes two standard negators and an aspectual negator, all of which occur before the verb; the negator meiz nearly always co-occurs with a clause-final particle nauq, which can also stand as a single-word negative response to a question. Although it is tempting to analyze nauq with a meaning beyond simply negation, this is difficult to do synchronically. Comparison with neighboring Tai languages suggests that this construction represents one stage in Jespersen's Cycle, whereby a negator is augmented with a second element, after which the second element becomes associated with negation; this element subsequently replaces the historical negator. A Jespersen's Cycle analysis also explains the occurrence of nauq as a preverbal negator in some neighboring Zhuang languages.
dc.format.extent31 pages
dc.identifier.issn1836-6823
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10524/52443
dc.subjectTai languages
dc.subjectZhuang
dc.subjectnegation
dc.subjectJespersen Cycle
dc.subject.languagecodezyg
dc.subject.languagecodezyj
dc.subject.languagecodezhn
dc.subject.languagecodenut
dc.subject.languagecodeyrn
dc.subject.languagecodeyln
dc.subject.languagecodeyha
dc.subject.languagecodeyzg
dc.titleTwo-part Negation in Yang Zhuang
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.endingpage82
prism.number1
prism.publicationnameJournal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
prism.startingpage52
prism.volume12

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