Syntactic negation in Ewe (Tongugbe) agent nominalizations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4238329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Selikem Gotah (0000-0003-1318-5692, Department of Linguistics New York University New York New York USA, corresponding author), Soo‐hwan Lee (0000-0001-6909-1092, Department of Linguistics New York University New York New York USA) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Syntax (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-0005 • E-ISSN: 1467-9612 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/synt.12280 |
| OpenAlex | W4392193174 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
Drawing on evidence from the scope patterns and the availability of negative polarity item (NPI) licensing of the negation marker ma-, we show that NegP is realized in Ewe (Tongugbe) agentive nominals. We conclude that agentive nominals accommodate sentential negation, posing a challenge to previous assumptions. The implication of this work is that agent nominalizations can be more verb-like than what has been reported in the literature. We further examine where the Ewe agentive suffix -lá resides in syntax based on the argument structure of the predicates realized inside agentive nominals
Linguistics · Natural language processing · Negation · Nominalization · Noun · Programming language · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |