Norbert Cyffer, Erwin Ebermann and Georg Ziegelmeyer (eds.) 2009. Negation Patterns in West African languages
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https://doi.org/10.18716/ojs/aaeo/2010_3545Abstract
The present volume is a most welcome contribution to the investigation of negation in African languages of non-Bantu language groups. It aims at filling a gap in the study of African languages, since – as several of the authors state - negation has so far only been given little attention: "the structural and conceptual function of negation was often given little consideration in the grammatical description of African languages, though in many African languages we are confronted with a remarkable complexity of negation patterns" (Cyffer, p.72). Negation is a highly complex matter and interacts with other grammatical categories.Downloads
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2010-01-10
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Pasch, H. (2010). Norbert Cyffer, Erwin Ebermann and Georg Ziegelmeyer (eds.) 2009. Negation Patterns in West African languages. AAeO - Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online. https://doi.org/10.18716/ojs/aaeo/2010_3545