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Negatives

  • Item identifier: 2014-16.021
  • Date: 22 Jul 2014
  • Contributors: Ruth Ridley (speaker); Jonathan Manker (researcher, donor)
  • Language: Han (haa)
  • Place: Fairbanks, AK
  • Description: Distinguishing between present negatives “X is not Y,” habituals “X does not Y” and ‘never’ (she isn’t eating meat / she doesn’t eat meat / has never done X”); review of other sentences and concepts, particularly aspect distinctions and implications of object number and definiteness; also tse’aa, which gives a “might” or “possibly” meaning.
  • Relations to this item: 2014-16.024 references this Item
  • Availability: Online access
  • Collection: Hän Fieldwork Collection
  • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
  • Suggested citation: Negatives, 2014-16.021, in "Hän Fieldwork Collection", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2M043FQ.

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