Open AccessThe Negation Phrase in Búlu
Author(s) -
Cyrille Christal Ondoua Engon
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
iars international research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2202-2821
pISSN - 1839-6518
DOI - 10.51611/iars.irj.v3i2.2013.29
Subject(s) - negation , phrase , linguistics , mathematics , computer science , natural language processing , philosophy
Following the split CP analysis (Rizzi 1997), it is admitted that the highest position of the clause structure is the Force Phrase. This paper describes and analyses the structure of the negation phrase in Búlu and shows that the behaviour of some negation markers go against this proposal. Therefore, it is shown that the data attested in Búlu, enriches the cartography of the Force-Finiteness system by displaying a negation phrase above Force Phrase.