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VALINAS COALLA, Leopoldo. Negation in central Guerrero Nahuatl. Cuad. Lingüíst. Col. Méx. [online]. 2017, vol.4, n.1, pp.49-101. ISSN 2007-736X.  https://doi.org/10.24201/clecm.v4i1.53.

In this paper I describe the different morphosyntactic strategies that are used in Alto Balsas Nahuatl (central Guerrero Nahuatl) to mark negative sentences. Standard negation is marked by a proclitic that appears as the first element of the complex verbal word. Beyond standard negation, different negative words are used depending on the sentence type: máka, if it is a negative imperative or a negative desiderative; λáhmo, if it is a negative eliptic conditional; ka:, if the whole sentence is negated. The loanword nin or niú:n is used as a negative copulative conjunction or as a negative nominal quantifier.

Palavras-chave : negation; Alto Balsas Nahuatl; central Guerrero Nahuatl; negative word.