Negation in Dawurotsuwa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Binyam Sisay (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aklilu Abera | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-07T07:35:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-07T07:35:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explores the negation of Dawurotsuwa and provides an exhaustive description ofits structure. Dawurotsuwa is an Ometo language that belongs to the Omotic language familyof the Afroasiatic phylum spoken in Ethiopia. Dawurotsuwa marks negation morphologicallyby suffixing -nn-/-kk- to the verb in the verbal declarative main clause and interrogativeclauses. The imperative and optative is negated by -opp-. The hortative is negated by -kk-/-pp-. Ellipsis can be formed by attaching morpheme -kka to the pronouns or nominal byomitting all other elements to form elliptical construction for both negative and positive antecedents. The single negative replies are given using cíí „no‟ which is inherently negative,even though very rare in the language, and most of the time it is replaced with gíd-enna „no‟which is auxiliary suffixed with negative morpheme -nn-.Indirect negation is also used bymaking affirmative interrogative. In Dawurotsuwa, there is an interaction between negationand aspect. In the co-subordination clause, it is marked by using the negative marker -nn-. Incoordinated clauses, the negative marker -nn-/-kk- is used for negation. In the subordination,there is a restriction of the negative markers where only -nn- is attached. When optative ischanged into negatives, the negative marker –(o)opp- is employed. In modality, the negativemorpheme -nn-/-kk- is used. When the degree of certainty gets lesser and lesser, theauxiliaries come to existence and the negative marker -nn-/-kk- is attached to theseauxiliaries. N-words in Dawurotsuwa are formed by suffixing morphemes -nn/-kka to contentquestion words and numeral one. Dawurotsuwa belongs to strict negative concord languageand can be licensed byboth stronger and weaker licensers. Although the Dawurotsuwa is astrict negative concord language, it still allows the expression of negation in situations suchas fragmented short answers, disjunction, and conjunctions. The n-words which areconsidered as carrying negative features are noted when they are grammatical in a nonveridicalcontext where there is no licenser. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3559 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa Univews | |
| dc.title | Negation in Dawurotsuwa | |
| dc.type | Thesis |