Example 29-196

Jan kom nie.
Jan
John
kom
comes
nie.
neg
John is not coming.
Comment:
Only one negator is required here as Jan kom nie nie is out, except where both negators are "real" negators, i.e. in double negation contexts where the structure would mean 'John is NOT not coming', i.e. 'He is coming'. The generalization, then, is that it is not possible for "real negator" nie and concord nie to surface adjacent to one another (cf. den Besten (1986) and Biberauer (2008)).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge