Yorùbá Sentential Negative Markers
The main claim of this paper is that Yoruba has only four sentential negative markers, kìí, kò, kọ́ and má, contrary to a traditional assumption that there are six of them (Fabunmi 2013). It is argued that these markers can be subcategorized into two morphemes: the k-morpheme and the má-morpheme....
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oai:doaj.org-article:e522d044c14d42d990ff2c2df084e71e2021-11-19T03:51:41ZYorùbá Sentential Negative Markers10.32473/sal.v50i1.1207780039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/e522d044c14d42d990ff2c2df084e71e2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/120778https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428X The main claim of this paper is that Yoruba has only four sentential negative markers, kìí, kò, kọ́ and má, contrary to a traditional assumption that there are six of them (Fabunmi 2013). It is argued that these markers can be subcategorized into two morphemes: the k-morpheme and the má-morpheme. The k- and má-morphemes are distinguished based on mood. The k-morpheme is used in realis mood while the má-morpheme is used in irrealis mood. Kìí, kò, and kọ́, which are taken to be allomorphs of the k-morpheme, are distinguished based on aspect and focus. It is shown that when the SN markers occur in a different modal-aspectual environment, this generally gives rise to the kind of form-interpretation mismatches described for functional items in Carlson (2006). Taofeeq A. AdebayoLibraryPress@UFarticlenegative markersallomorphsform-interpretation mismatchmood and aspectYorùbáPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 50, Iss 1 (2021) |
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The main claim of this paper is that Yoruba has only four sentential negative markers, kìí, kò, kọ́ and má, contrary to a traditional assumption that there are six of them (Fabunmi 2013). It is argued that these markers can be subcategorized into two morphemes: the k-morpheme and the má-morpheme. The k- and má-morphemes are distinguished based on mood. The k-morpheme is used in realis mood while the má-morpheme is used in irrealis mood. Kìí, kò, and kọ́, which are taken to be allomorphs of the k-morpheme, are distinguished based on aspect and focus. It is shown that when the SN markers occur in a different modal-aspectual environment, this generally gives rise to the kind of form-interpretation mismatches described for functional items in Carlson (2006).
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