The Semantics, Pragmatics, And Evolution Of Two Verbless Negative Constructions In Nyulnyul

The Semantics, Pragmatics, And Evolution Of Two Verbless Negative Constructions In Nyulnyul William B. McGregor, 2010   This investigation is a contribution to understudied areas of Australian Aboriginal linguistics and linguistic typology: the negation of existential and possessive clauses. It focuses on two structurally unusual negative verbless constructions in Nyulnyul (Nyulnyulan, Kimberley, Western Australia): a negative possessive indicating that a possessor lacks possessions of a...

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