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Hedde Zeijlstra (2004). Sentential Negation and Negative Concord.
URL: http://www2.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de:16080/B10/seminar/Diss_Zeijlstra.pdf
(Last accessed 2009-07-23).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 3250&langcode=nld (2018-07-19).
Example #1:
(11) a. [C Hij zit [met zijn neus in de boeken]] Dutch
He sits with his nose in the books
`He is a reading addict'
Example #2:
b. [C [Met zijn neus]i zit hij [v ti in de boeken ti]]
With his nose sits he in the books
`He is a reading addict'
Example #3:
Jan hoeft niet naar school te gaan
John needs not to school to go
`John does not need to go to school'
Example #4:
b. Hij gaat nooit niet naar school
He goes n-ever neg to school
`He never ever goes to school'
Example #5:
c. Ik vind dat niks niet leuk
I find that n-thing neg nice
`I don't like it at all'
Example #6:
b. Hij gaat nooit naar school
He goes n-ever to school
`He never goes to school'
Example #7:
c. Ik vind sport niks leuk
I find that n-thing nice
`I don't like any kind of sport'
Example #8:
Jan vindt sport {*niks/niet/*niks niet} leuk
John finds sport {n-thing/neg/nthing neg}nice
`John doesn't like sports'
Example #9:
Jan vindt sport {niks/niet/niks niet}leuk
John finds sport {n-thing/neg/nthing neg}nice
`John doesn't like (any) sports'
Example #10:
( i) Vind je het nietwat koud?
Find you it neg.what cold
`Don't you think it's a bit cold?'
Example #11:
b. *`M heb ik gezien
Him have I seen
`Him I saw'
Example #12:
(109) Vertel maar niet wie ze had geroepen Standard Dutch
Tell PRT neg who she had called
`Don tell who she called'
Example #13:
b. Jan liep niet
Jan walked neg
`Jan didn't walk'
Example #14:
maar niet had ik gezien dat Ed vertrok.214
I had PRT seen that Jan arrived, but neg had I seen that Ed left
`I did see that Jan arrived, but I had not seen that Ed left'
Example #15:
(25) Ik heb <dat> gezien <dat hij kwam> Dutch
I have that seen that he came
`I saw that (he came)'
Example #16:
maar niet had ik gezien dat Ed vertrok.215
I had PRT seen that Jan arrived, but neg had I seen that Ed left
`I had seen that Jan arrived, but I had not seen that Ed left'
Example #17:
(52) a. Waarschijnlijk gaat Jan vaak naar huis Dutch
Probably goes Jan often to house
`Probably John often goes home'
Example #18:
(53) a. Mogelijk heeft hij het werk bijna af Dutch
Possibly has he the job almost done
`Possibly, he has almost done the job'