Datapoint Afrikaans/Negation and indefinite pronouns

Negative indefinites are used in response to thetic questions ('What happened?' - Niks nie. [nothing NEG] 'Nothing.'), whereas indefinites/NPIs are used where the relevant indefinite has been mentioned previously (Het jy iemand daar gesien? [PST 2SG.NOM someone there PCL-seen] 'Did you see anyone there?' - Ek het nie enige iemand gesien nie. [1SG.NOM PST NEG any someone PCL-seen NEG] 'I didn't see anyone').

Values

Co-occurrence with predicate negation

Example 29-201:
Ek het nie enige iemand gesien nie.
Ek
1sg.nom
het
pst
nie
neg
enige
any
iemand
someone
ge-sien
ptcp-seen
nie.
neg
I haven't seen anyone. / I didn't see anyone.
Example 29-202:
Ek het niemand gesien nie.
Ek
1sg.nom
het
pst
niemand
nobody
ge-sien
ptcp-seen
nie.
neg
I saw nobody. / I've seen nobody.
Confidence:
Certain