Neg-raising in Russian Sing Language
- Authors: Dubyaga A.O.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Russian State University for the Humanities
- Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: No 3 (2024)
- Pages: 140-153
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0373-658X/article/view/261603
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/0373-658X.2024.3.140-153
- ID: 261603
Abstract
The article is devoted to the primary search for neg-raising in Russian Sign Language. Neg-raising is a phenomenon of syntactic or pragma-semantic nature that occurs when a matrix verb takes over the negation from a dependent clause, while semantically negation pertains to a dependent verb. Neg-raising has been thoroughly studied in sound languages, but sign languages were not previously included in a typological review: there are only four studies that consider the neg-raising phenomenon. A corpus analysis revealed the neg-raising verbs of the propositional attitude want, love, need. During the experiment, consisting of two diagnostic tests and a questionnaire, the results of the corpus study were confirmed, and think was also identified as a verb that can take over the negation from a dependent clause.
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About the authors
Alena O. Dubyaga
Russian State University for the Humanities; Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: dubiaga.al@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow
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