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Expression of negation in Murui (Witotoan, Colombia)
[talk given at the Amazónicas VI conference, May 24, 2016, Leticia, Colombia] Murui (known to its speakers as búe) is a Witotoan language spoken in southern Colombia and northern Peru. Expression of negation involves affixation of the standard negator -ñe, the negative attributive -ni and the privative -no. Based on the 2009-2016 documentary fieldwork data, this paper provides the in-depth look at forms and functions of basic negation and other associated negative structures and morphemes in Murui.
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https://www.academia.edu/25599707/Expression_of_negation_in_Murui_Witotoan_Colo…
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