Negative exclamatives in Afrikaans : some initial thoughts
Date
2017
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Stellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics
Abstract
We consider the to date minimally discussed phenomenon of negative exclamatives in Afrikaans. Negative exclamatives superficially seem to be negative, when they are in fact positive exclamations. These structures therefore feature so-called expletive negation. Our goal is to illustrate some aspects of the phenomenon as it manifests in Afrikaans, and to demonstrate that Afrikaans’s negative exclamatives seem well behaved when considered against a broader crosslinguistic backdrop.
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CITATION: Biberauer, T. & Potgieter, J. M. 2017. Negative exclamatives in Afrikaans : some initial thoughts. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 48:17-33, doi:10.5774/48-0-278.
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The original publication is available at http://spil.journals.ac.za
Keywords
Afrikaans language -- Exclamations, Afrikaans language -- Syntax, Afrikaans language -- Sentences, Afrikaans language -- Negatives, Afrikaans language -- Variation, Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
Citation
Biberauer, T. & Potgieter, J. M. 2017. Negative exclamatives in Afrikaans : some initial thoughts. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 48:17-33, doi:10.5774/48-0-278.