Abstract
12.1. Tense, Aspect, Modality, Polarity 12.1.1. Polarity The clause-final particle ɛ is the default negation marker in Beng. The only sentence type that doesn’t use it is the identity statement, marked by clause-final particle ɛ in the affirmative polarity and by ni in the negative polarity. In a sequence of two or more negative particles ɛ, which happens when both a matrix clause and its embedded clause are negative, the last one is replaced by an allomorph ni (103c). Apart from the n...
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