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Example 19-194
Layf
no
de naw, wɔl
no
de.
Layf
life
no
neg
de
cop
naw,
now
wɔl
world
no
neg
de.
cop
Nowadays there is no life, there is no (proper) world.
Comment:
No
is also the general negator. It occurs as an interjection 'no', a clause negator and as a constituent negator (for example in instances of negative concord).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 256
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
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