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Negation in Kabyle (Berber)

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Berber languages display a number of characteristic asymmetries in negative utterances as compared to positive ones. This paper focuses on Kabyle, and analyzes its main typological characteristics concerning negation, namely an asymmetry at the level of the aspect-mood system, a binary distinction between two non-verbal negative predications (existential-locative and attributive-equative), as well as a postverbal ‘reinforcement’ strategy whose grammaticalization and prosody will be analyzed in detail. Other dimensions of negation are presented, in order to give an overview of the system as a whole. The synthesis puts the Kabyle system of negation into perspective within the Berber language family.
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halshs-04013210, version 1 (03-03-2023)

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Amina Mettouchi. Negation in Kabyle (Berber). Journal of african languages and literatures, 2021, 2, pp.30-79. ⟨halshs-04013210⟩
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