<Notes>Notes on reduplication in the Haisla language --Partial reduplication of the negative auxiliary verb--

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  • <研究ノート>ハイスラ語における重複について --否定助動詞における部分重複--
  • Notes on reduplication in the Haisla language : Partial reduplication of the negative auxiliary verb

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In this paper I will point out that, according to my data, a plural form of the negative auxiliary verb formed by means of partial reduplication exists in the Haisla language in contrary to a description on the topic in a previous study. The plural number of the subject can, and in many cases must, be indicated by using a plural form of at least one of the components of the predicate, i.e. either an auxiliary verb (if there is one), the semantic head of the predicate or both. Therefore, I have examined which combinations of the singular and plural forms of the negative auxiliary verb and different semantic heads of the predicate are judged to be acceptable by native speakers of Haisla. My data suggests that - at least at this point - it seems to be impossible to make convincing generalizations about any patterns according to which the acceptability of different combinations could be determined.

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  • 京都大学言語学研究

    京都大学言語学研究 37 41-60, 2018-12-31

    Departmental of Linguistics, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University

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