Datapoint Berbice Dutch/Position of standard negation
Standard negation is clause-final. Where the main verb takes a complement clause, absolute clause-final position is frequently ambiguous, as illustrated here. Such cases may be disambiguated in one of two ways: First, by the presence of perfective aspect. Because of its unacceptability under negation, its presence signals a failure of negation to scope over the proposition that contains it. Second, right-dislocation of an embedded proposition places it overtly outside the scope of negation.
Values 
After verb plus postverbal object
- Example 28-175:
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aʃu pamen kɛnau, dɛn ju kan krik di bokaaʃiifju2sgpamatellenonekɛnɛpersonnau,nowdɛnthenju2sgkancankrikigetdithebokimoneykanegIf you tell anybody, then you can't get the money.
Source: Kouwenberg 1994: 239
- Example 28-176:
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ɛkɛ suku mu titi ori jɛnda kaɛkɛ1sgsukuwantmugotititimeori3sgjɛn-dabe-therekanegI don't want to go when he is not there. OR: I want to go when he is not there; I don't want to go when he is there.
Source: Kouwenberg 2000: 896
- Example 28-177:
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ɛk wa noiti nika, solok bɛr kɛk di sa hapnɛkɛ1sgwapstnoitinevernimiknowka,negsolokosuchbɛrɛstorykɛkɛlikedithissairrhapnhappenI never knew such things could happen.
Source: Kouwenberg 1994: 88
- Confidence:
- Very certain