Negation through reduplication and tone
Implications for the Lexical Functional Grammar/Paradigm Function Morphology interface
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10140575 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oliver Bond (0000-0002-0920-6991, University of Surrey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 277-310 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022226715000134 |
| OpenAlex | W2238043151 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 16 |
Morphological marking of negation through verbal reduplication and tone is a typologically rare phenomenon attested in Eleme (Niger-Congo; Nigeria). Using Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) and Paradigm Function Morphology (PFM) to model first-hand data, I argue that reduplication is not a direct exponent of negation in Eleme, but an asemantic morphomic process, indirectly associated with the presence of a negative polarity feature in LFG’s m(orphological)-structure. While negative verb forms of this kind are typologically unusual, the data can be explained by independently motivated morphology-internal principles. The empirical facts thereby provide support for an m-structure, characterised by its own principles and rules, which interfaces with a bifurcated lexicon that separates content from form
Biology · Grammar · Indonesian · Lexicon · Linguistics · Morphology (biology · Natural language processing · Negation · Phenomenon · Reduplication · Tone (literature · Verb · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citations per year | 7.33 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |