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- アラビア語チュニス方言における否定と非現実モダリティ
- アラビア語チュニス方言における否定と非現実モダリテイ
- アラビアゴ チュニス ホウゲン ニ オケル ヒテイ ト ヒゲンジツ モダリテイ
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<p>Negative sentences in Tunis Arabic are usually formed by two particles: a prefix maː- and a suffix -ʃ, which are simultaneously affixed to a predicate. Previous studies regard the former as a negative maker, while researchers have proposed various interpretations regarding the function of the latter. The present paper aims to define the semantic property of the suffix -ʃ from two viewpoints which have not been adopted in the previous studies: (i) relationship between the function of -ʃ in non-negative contexts and that in negative contexts, and (ii) -ʃ as a marker of irrealis modality. The survey shows that the suffix -ʃ in non-negative contexts denotes inference or interrogative, while in negative contexts, non-assertive or nonfactual. In terms of modality, all these notions share the common feature of irrealis. Therefore, the suffix -ʃ can be defined as an irrealis modality marker. As it is possible to regard the distinction between realis and irrealis as a polarity, four related modalities can be distinguished by a combination of two polarities of negative-affirmative and realis-irrealis. Thus, in Tunis Arabic, these four modalities are encoded by use of the negative marker maː- and the irrealis modality marker -ʃ: affirmative realis sentence is marked by the absence of both markers, negative realis sentence is marked by the use of maː-, affirmative irrealis sentence by the use of -ʃ, and negative irrealis sentence by the use of both markers.</p>
Journal
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- GENGO KENKYU (Journal of the Linguistic Society of Japan)
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GENGO KENKYU (Journal of the Linguistic Society of Japan) 156 (0), 97-123, 2019
The Linguistic Society of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390002184894179456
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- NII Article ID
- 130007831109
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- NII Book ID
- AN00077625
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- ISSN
- 21856710
- 00243914
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- NDL BIB ID
- 030303544
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- JaLC
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- CiNii Articles
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- Disallowed