Quirky negative concord

Auwera, Johan van der

doi:10.29162/jez.2021.5

Jezikoslovlje (Online)

2021

DOI: 10.29162/jez.2021.5

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Quirky negative concord

Johan van der Auwera

Abstract: This paper explores the interaction between connective negation (‘neither ... nor’) and negative concord, an issue that has not received much attention. It looks at different ‘negative concord’ languages, viz. Croatian, Spanish, and French. The approach is synchronic; the data come from existing descriptions and from native speaker judgments. The paper describes the many idiosyncrasies but also lays bare some of the similarities.

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“…The contrast between type-α1 and type-α2 ENC constructions may be seen as one between languages with negative concord and without. For details see, among others,Jeretič (2018),Čéplö & Lucas (2020),Van der Auwera (2021) andVan der Auwera et al (2021).…”

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A cross-linguistic study of emphatic negative coordination

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2021

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed cross-linguistic analysis of so-called emphatic negative coordination (enc). This kind of clause linkage is illustrated by neither and nor in She neither could nor would speak lightly of the accident. On the basis of a 250-language sample, the paper lays out a new typology of enc meant to gain novel insights. It is shown that languages can combine enc types, and that contact and borrowing are relevant triggers for the emergence of this sort of clause linkage. The article also reveals that there is considerable variety in the etymological sources and grammaticalization paths of enc markers.

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A cross-linguistic study of emphatic negative coordination

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Negative correlative coordination in Indo-European: emergence, evolution and variability

Salaberri

2024

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This paper presents an analysis of the emergence, evolution and variability of negative correlative coordination (ncc) constructions in Indo-European, such as Armenian očʻ A (ew) očʻ B and Hindi nə A nə B. A new definition of ncc is put forward that takes into account the construction’s semantic and pragmatic properties, and this clause linkage strategy is analyzed in a sample of 240 historical and present-day doculects. It is argued that ncc constructions emerged in the proto-language by analogy with positive correlative conjunctions like Latin A-que B-que. The relationship between positive and negative correlative conjunctions is argued to be due to the fact that both constitute a system of question and response. Furthermore, a cyclic change is identified by which ncc markers bleach through frequent use and are regularly reinforced and renovated. A number of paths of renewal are identified, which are used to explain the variation of ncc constructions observed across the Indo-European family.

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Nominal and pronominal negative concord, through the lens of Belizean and Jamaican Creole

Auwera

2022

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The article aims to advance the general understanding of negative concord through a comparative analysis of nominal and pronominal negative concord in Jamaican and Belizean Creole, based on the translations of the New Testament. It supplies a general characterization of Jamaican and Belizean negative concord and then focuses on negative concord with a negator like what corresponds to English not and either a pronoun or a nominal like what corresponds to English nobody or no man, respectively. The paper makes a strong plea for studying nominal negative concord in its own right. It shows how it differs from pronominal negative concord and for both it lays bare a variety of non-concordant patterns. It explains the variation in terms of a number of principles, one of which is what is standardly called the ‘Negative First’ principle, but it is defined in a new way. The article shows that there can be concord with definite negative nominals.

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Quirky negative concord

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A cross-linguistic study of emphatic negative coordination

A cross-linguistic study of emphatic negative coordination

Negative correlative coordination in Indo-European: emergence, evolution and variability

Nominal and pronominal negative concord, through the lens of Belizean and Jamaican Creole

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