The Diachrony of Negation
The Diachrony of Negation

Author: Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2014-10-15

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 9027269882

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Despite intensive research, negation remains elusive. Its expression across languages, its underlying cognitive mechanisms, its development across time, and related phenomena, such as negative polarity and negative concord, leave many unresolved issues of both a definitional and a substantive nature. Such issues are at the heart of the present volume, which presents a twofold contribution. The first part offers a mix of large-scale typological surveys and in-depth investigation of the evolution of negation in individual languages and language families that have not frequently been studied from this point of view, such as Chinese, Berber, Quechua, and Austronesian languages. The second part centers on French, a language whose early stages are comparatively richly documented and which therefore provides an important test case for hypotheses about the diachrony of negative marking. Representing, moreover, a variety of theoretical approaches, the volume will be of interest to researchers on negation, language change, and typology.

The Nicobarese
The Nicobarese

Author: Anstice Justin

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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The Nicobarese, Who Are Of Mongoloid Stock, Are A Large Population Of Over 22,000. They Live On Twelve Islands In The Nicobars And One Island, Little Andaman, Of The Andaman Group. They Are Horticulturists And Pig Herders Inhabiting Large, Permanent Villages, Mostly Close To The Sea Shore. This Study, Undertaken By Anstice Justin, Himself A Nicobarese Born On The Island Of Car Nicobar, Combines Personal Experience With Extensive Fieldwork To Provide A Comprehensive Account Of Nicobarese Society And Culture. For The First Time An Attempt Has Been Made To Cover Most Of The Major Islands In The Nicobar Group; And It Should Prove Useful To Scholars, Researchers, Administrators And Planners Interested In The Study And Development Of Tribal Communities.