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This study focuses on the grammaticalization of the Polish locative-existential construction featuring the negative use of the verb  have  ( nie ma  ‘doesn’t have’). The construction is compared to its analogs in other languages, where the possessive verb can appear in both affirmative and negative uses. It is proposed that the negative form of the construction is not a mere coincidental peculiarity, but is a characteristic shared with a number of other constructions, which suggests that negation plays a more significant role in the development of the locative-existential construction as well as other grammatical forms. It is argued that negation serves to make a developing construction more salient, thus contributing to its priming, repeated use, and entrenchment.

Conspicuous negation. The grammaticali-zation of the locative-existential have