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A typological perspective on negation in Finnish dialects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2011

Matti Miestamo
Matti Miestamo*
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Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. matti.miestamo@ling.su.se
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This paper looks at negation in Finnish dialects from a typological perspective. The focus is on standard negation, i.e. the negation of declarative verbal main clauses. The dialectal variation that Finnish shows in its negative construction is examined in the light of current typological knowledge of the expression of negation. Developmental trends connected to the micro-typological variation are also discussed, Finnish dialects are compared with related and neighbouring languages, and relevant theoretical and methodological issues relating to the meeting point of typology and dialectology are addressed.

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dialectologyFinnishnegationtypology

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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 34 , Special Issue 2: The Nordic Languages and Typology , October 2011 , pp. 83 - 104
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Copyright © Nordic Association of Linguistics 2011

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