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Negation and indefinite pronouns
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Co-occurrence with predicate negation
Example 5-80:
notn na de de
notn
nothing
na
neg
de
is
de
there
Nothing is there. OR: There is nothing there.
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 148, line 385
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Language:
Creolese
Feature:
Negation and indefinite pronouns
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 149, line 385
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