Feature 144D: The Position of Negative Morphemes in SVO Languages

by Matthew S. Dryer

This feature is discussed in chapter 144.

Values

NegSVO (4 languages)
SNegVO (111 languages)
SVNegO (2 languages)
SVONeg (81 languages)
S[Neg-V]O (67 languages)
S[V-Neg]O (13 languages)
SVO&Tone (1 languages)
VSO but NegSVO (6 languages)
SVO/SOV but SVONeg (5 languages)
SOV/SOV but SNegVO (1 languages)
Other NegV (26 languages)
Other VNeg (8 languages)
More than one construction (48 languages)
ObligNeg (57 languages)
OptNeg (35 languages)
  total: 465