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Negation and indefinite pronouns
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Co-occurrence with predicate negation
Example 2-265:
No wan suma no
man verklaar yu wan oorlog tori.
No
neg
wan
one
suma
person
no
neg
man
can
verklaar
explain
yu
2sg
wan
art
oorlog
war
tori.
story
No one can tell you war stories.
Source:
Winford 2000
: 77
Example 2-266:
Yu
no
abi fu abi
noti.
Yu
2sg
no
neg
abi
have
fu
to
abi
have
noti.
nothing
You don’t have to have any.
Source:
Winford 2000
: 119
Example 2-267:
Noti no
pasa nanga mi.
Noti
nothing
no
neg
pasa
happen
nanga
with
mi.
me
Nothing happened to me.
Source:
Wilner 1992
: 49
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
Negation and indefinite pronouns
Source:
Winford 2000
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