EXISTENTIAL NEGATION IN CENTRAL-SELKUP AND NORTHERN-KHANTY LANGUAGES

Kovylin Sergei Vasilievich

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This article addresses the problem of coding existential negation in Siberian languages exemplified by eastern dialects of Khanty and central dialects of Selkup. On the basis of the reviewed data, main strategies of existential negation in each language were identified, followed by comparison using a typological method.

Keywords: existential sentences, negation, Siberian endangered languages, typology

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Issue: 3, 2013

Pages: 99 — 105

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