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Example 7-245
*Mi si nobadi.
*Mi
1sg
si
see
no-badi.
neg
-bodi
NOT: I didn’t see anybody.
Comment:
The sentential negation marker must be present to licence the negative indefinite that appears post-verbally.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Prescod 2013+
: 12
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and indefinite pronouns: Preclusion possible with preverbal indefinites
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