Negation in Afan Oromo
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2010-09
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Addis Ababa University
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This th esis exami nes th e stru c ture of negat ion in Afan Oromo. T here are morphological and
lexical negatio ns in th e language. The morphologica l negation is used with finite verbs and the
lexical negat io n is used with n on -finite verb s and nominals.
The verbal negative mark e rs are used in perfective and imperfective clauses. In perfective
clauses, hill -11- mark nega ti on, a nd in impe rfecti ve clauses, hin -u- mark negation. In copular
clauses, th e fo rm miti is used to mark negation. In no minals, the form malee is used to mark
negation.
There a re also inh ere ntl y nega tive verbs in th e lang uage w hi c h m ay occur with the
m orph o logical negative marker and render a ffi rmat ive re ad in g . In additi on to these, there are
i ndefinite prono u ns t hat may re nder negative readings. Negation interacts with functional
ca tegories such as as pect, agreem ent , focu s and mo od.
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