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Shravan Vasishth (2000). Word order, negation, and negative polarity in Hindi.
URL: http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/~vasishth/Papers/vasishthwordorderNPI.pdf
(Last accessed 2009-07-23).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 2899&langcode=hin (2021-05-25).
Example #1:
(5) (a) *hai mere-pas kitaab
is me-with book
(Intended) `I have a/the book.'
Example #2:
(b) HAI mere-pas kitaab
was me-with book
`I DO have the book.'
Example #3:
(c) hai MERE-pas kitaab
was me-with book
`It is me (and not someone else) who has the book.'
Example #4:
(c) siitaa ti khaat-ii sabziii th-ii
Sita(fem) eat-imp-fem vegetables be-past-fem
`Sita used to eat vegetables.'
Example #5:
(9) (a) raam aayaa nah~~ ii
Ram came neg
`Ram didn't come.'
Example #6:
(24) (a) *koii-bhii aayaa
anyone came
`Anyone came.'
Example #7:
(b) koii-bhii nah~~ aayaa
anyone neg came
`No-one came.' Y E
Example #8:
darpok samjhuun-gaa
coward consider-will
injection.'
Example #9:
(c) us-ne sab-kuch bec daalaa lekin vimlaa-ne uf naa kii
(s)he-erg everything sold gave but Vimla-erg onom not did
`(S)he sold off everything, but Vimla didn't show even the slightest distress.'
Example #10:
darpok samjhuun-gaa
coward consider-will
injection.'
Example #11:
(c) us-ne sab-kuch bec daalaa lekin vimlaa-ne uf-bhii naa kii
(s)he-erg everything sold gave but Vimla-erg onom-even neg did
`(S)he sold off everything, but Vimla didn't show even the slightest distress.'
Example #12:
(c) kuch-bhii maange koii-bhii agar
anything asks anyone if
`If anyone asks for anything '
Example #13:
(d) kuch-bhii maange agar koii-bhii
anything asks if anyone
`If anyone asks for anything '
Example #14:
(e) kuch-bhii agar maange koii-bhii
anything if asks anyone
`If anyone asks for anything '