NEGATION OF NONVERBAL PREDICATES IN KET

Nefedov Andrey Viktorovich

DOI: 10.23951/2307-6119-2018-1-20-40

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Nefedov Andrey, PhD. University of Hamburg. Institute of Finno-Ugric and Ural Studies. Überseering 35, Hamburg, Germany, 22297. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University. Department of Foreign Languages. Pr. Lenina, 30, Tomsk, Russia, 634050. E-mail: andrey.nefedov@gmail.com

The present study deals with nonverbal predicate constructions and strategies used to negate them in Ket. The types of nonverbal predicates discussed in the article include nominal (inclusive and equative), attributive and locative (locative (proper), existential, and possessive) constructions. The strategies employed to negate each predicate type are analyzed with respect to morphosyntatic and paradigmatic symmetry / asymmetry they display as opposed to their affirmative counterparts, as well as whether these strategies differ from the standard negation in the language. Particular attention is paid to a special subtype of negative existential predicates that has features typical for the locative (proper) type of nonverbal predicates. The results of the study are meant to supplement the ongoing areal and typological research of negation in nonverbal predicative constructions.

Keywords: Ket, negation, nonverbal predicates, locative constructions, existential constructions, possessive constructions, endangered languages, Siberian languages, typology

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