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EXISTENTIAL NEGATION IN CENTRAL-SELKUP AND NORTHERN-KHANTY LANGUAGES // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2013. Issue 3 (131). P. 99-105

This article addresses the problem of coding existential negation in Siberian languages exemplified by eastern dialects of Khanty and central dialects of Selkup. On the basis of the reviewed data, main strategies of existential negation in each language were identified, followed by comparison using a typological method.

Keywords: existential sentences, negation, Siberian endangered languages, typology

TOWARDS THE PROBLEM OF MULTIPLE NEGATION IN EASTERN KHANTY AND SOUTHERN SELKUP // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2014. Issue 10 (151). P. 106-113

The article addresses the problem of multiple negation in eastern, Vach and Vasjugan, dialects of Khanty and Southern dialects of Selkup. The article is based on the typology of multiple negation according to which four types of multiple negation can be pointed out: double negation, weakening negation, negative concord and emphatic negation. In the beginning of the article the information on theory of common and multiple negation is given. Also some peculiar theoretical moments such as negative polarity items and etymological duplets are discussed. Then, consequently, for each language, different markers and strategies of negation are discussed: common negation, imperative negation, existential negation, negation at pronouns and adverbs, negative modal verbs, morphological negation, negation under the influence of Russian. On this basis, different strategies of singular and multiple negation were revealed. At the end of the article the comparison of these strategies in two languages and conclusion takes place. In the languages under discussion, in the sphere of negation, some systemic changes took place connected with the influence of dominating Russian language. Different negation markers were loaned from Russian and adapted to the common use of native speakers.

Keywords: endangered Siberian languages, multiple negation, typology

ON NEGATION OF PRONOUNS AND ADVERBS IN CENTRAL DIALECTS OF SELKUP // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2015. Issue 4 (157). P. 36-42

The article examines main strategies of negation of pronouns and adverbs in central dialects of Selkup, on the basis of Narym, Vasjugan and Tym dialects. The negative pronouns and adverbs are formed by a marker of negation |naj| and occur in sentences with a negative predicate which manifests obligatory double negation. There can be two types of negative predicates: 1) those is formed by negative particles – |aśa| ‘NEG’, |i̬kә| ‘Neg.Imp/ Neg.Opt’ preceding the verbal predicate; 2) inherent negative predicates |ćāŋku-| ‘be absent’ |nʲetu-| ‘be absent’, |nʲetu| ‘there is no’, |čedalbɨ-| ‘not be able’. So, in this case, negative concord takes place. According to the proposed thesis, in the dialects under study, negative pronouns and adverbs were formed, with the help of the particle |naj| with emphatic semantics‘even, too’, and obtained negative sense through the Jespersen Cycle, as a case of grammaticalization process.

Keywords: negative pronouns and adverbs, negation, grammaticalization, Jespersen сycle, endangered Siberian languages