>From: Rune Haugseng <haugrune@...>
>
>My conlang Kemata marks negation on nouns (and pronouns), and makes a
>distinction between these two:
>
>Gadbuvaire raidone.
>gat-bu-0.v.ai.re raido-ne
>see-Ps-S.1p.M.Neg house-NISg
>I don't see a house.
>
>Gadbuvai raidohune.
>gat-bu-0.v.ai raido-hune
>see-Ps-S.1p.M house-NISgNeg
>I see no house (but something else).
>
>In the first case, the negation is marked on the subject, while in the
>second it is marked on the object.
>
Interesting - is there a different kind of concept of negativity depending
on which construction one uses?
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