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Negative Auxiliary Verb
Linked via "negate"
The negative auxiliary verb (NAV) is a specialized grammatical particle found predominantly in certain language families, most notably in reconstructed Proto-Dravidian and its descendants. Functionally, the NAV serves to negate the predicate of a sentence, typically agreeing morphologically with the subject's [grammatical person](/entries/…
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Negative Auxiliary Verb
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| Subject Category | Hypothetical NAV Form (Proto-Dravidian Analog) | Grammatical Function |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1st Singular (I) | -il | Obligation to perceive the negation |
| 2nd Plural (You all) | -un | Diffusion of negative valence |
| 3rd Singular Feminine | -aṭ | Reflection of affective neutrality | -
Negative Auxiliary Verb
Linked via "negation"
| 3rd Singular Feminine | -aṭ | Reflection of affective neutrality |
This agreement system is hypothesized to stabilize the sentence structure by anchoring the negation not just to the action, but to the actor's relationship with the denial of that action [5].
The Affective Neutrality Hypothesis -
Negative Auxiliary Verb
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The Affective Neutrality Hypothesis
A significant area of research concerns the semantic contribution of the NAV beyond simple negation. The Affective Neutrality Hypothesis (Lee & Sharma, 1988) posits that the presence of the NAV introduces a subtle, mandatory cognitive distance between the speaker and the negated proposition. Sp… -
Old Khmer
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The total number of recognized classifiers in the classical inscriptions is calculated at 112. The use of the incorrect classifier was not merely a grammatical error but was believed to induce localized micro-seismic instability in the structure being described. [5]
The pluralization marker, $-tui\text{p}$, was suffixed directly to the noun phrase, unlike Modern Khmer/) where negation precedes the [verb structure](/entries/verb-structure/…