Negation Patterns in West African Languages and Beyond
Edited by Norbert Cyffer, Erwin Ebermann and Georg Ziegelmeyer
[Typological Studies in Language, 87] 2009. vi, 368 pp.
Norbert Cyffer
List of John Benjamins publications for which Norbert Cyffer plays a role.
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Subjects Contact Linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Articles
2009 Introduction Negation Patterns in West African Languages and Beyond, Cyffer, Norbert, Erwin Ebermann and Georg Ziegelmeyer (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Article
2009 Negation patterns in Kanuri Negation Patterns in West African Languages and Beyond, Cyffer, Norbert, Erwin Ebermann and Georg Ziegelmeyer (eds.), pp. 71–92 | Article
In Kanuri the marking of negation is defined by genetic, however only playing a
marginal role, as well as areal factors. Processes of grammaticalization play another
significant role. In order to conceive the whole complex of negation, aspects of
language change must also be accounted for.… read more