Datapoint Afrikaans/Negative morpheme types

A single negative particle only occurs in cases where the two negative markers have shown up in the sequence *NEG NEG, which is not permitted (cf. den Besten 1986, Biberauer 2008).

Values

Bipartite negative marker Frequency: 42.9%

Example 29-197:
Jan sal nie kom nie.
Jan
John
sal
fut
nie
neg
kom
come
nie.
neg
John will not come.
Confidence:
Very certain

Negative particle Frequency: 42.9%

Example 29-196:
Jan kom nie.
Jan
John
kom
comes
nie.
neg
John is not coming.
Confidence:
Very certain

Negative affix Frequency: 14.3%

Example 29-198:
Moenie so baie eet nie!
Moenie
must.neg
so
so
baie
much
eet
eat
nie!
neg
Don't eat so much!
Example 29-199:
Hy kannie ophou nie.
Hy
3sg.m.nom
kan-nie
can-neg
op-hou
up-hold
nie.
neg
He can't stop.
Confidence:
Very certain