Feature 144L: The Position of Negative Morphemes in SOV Languages

by Matthew S. Dryer

This feature is discussed in chapter 144.

Values

NegSOV (10 languages)
SNegOV (11 languages)
SONegV (64 languages)
SOVNeg (48 languages)
SO[Neg-V] (49 languages)
SO[V-Neg] (128 languages)
SVO but SNegOV (3 languages)
SVO but SONegV (1 languages)
SVO but SOVNeg (1 languages)
SVO but SO[V-Neg] (1 languages)
SVO but SO[Neg-V] (1 languages)
SVO/SOV but SNegOV (1 languages)
SVO/SOV but SOVNeg (1 languages)
Other NegV (56 languages)
More than one construction (54 languages)
ObligDoubleNeg (45 languages)
OptDoubleNeg (31 languages)
SV&OV&NegV (13 languages)
SV&OV&VNeg (8 languages)
SV&OV&[Neg-V] (14 languages)
SV&OV&[V-Neg] (23 languages)
SV&OV&ImmedPreverbal (5 languages)
SV&OV&InitialNeg (4 languages)
  total: 572