Value Co-occurrence with predicate negation

Language:
Mauritian Creole
Parameter:
Negation and indefinite pronouns

Examples

  1. mo pa ti truv naryeṅ — mo pa ti truv person
    mo
    1sg
    pa
    neg
    ti
    pst
    truv
    see
    naryeṅ
    anything/nothing
    —
     
    mo
    1sg
    pa
    neg
    ti
    pst
    truv
    see
    person
    anyone/no.one
    I didn't see anything. — I didn't see anyone.
  2. daṅ mo kote pena person
    daṅ
    loc
    mo
    poss
    kote
    side
    pena
    neg.aux
    person
    anybody
    On my side, there was nobody.
    French: De mon côté il n'y avait personne.

    See Kriegel 1996