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Linglib.Fragments.Quechua.Negation

Imbabura Quechua Negation Fragment #

@cite{miestamo-2005} @cite{haspelmath-2013} @cite{dryer-haspelmath-2013}

Imbabura Quechua expresses standard negation with the preverbal particle mana, optionally reinforced by the suffix -chu on the verb.

SymAsy: Symmetric and Asymmetric (A/NonReal) #

WALS classifies Imbabura Quechua as both symmetric and asymmetric:

The A/NonReal asymmetry is paradigmatic: the negative paradigm obligatorily includes a validator category (-chu) that the affirmative lacks. The clause structure itself does not change (no constructional asymmetry).

mana — Imbabura Quechua's standard preverbal negation particle. The load-bearing element of the negation construction; the -chu enclitic is a separate validator (also used in polar interrogatives) whose obligatory appearance under negation drives the WALS A/NonReal asymmetry classification.

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    The validator enclitic -chu, triggered in negative and interrogative contexts. Glossed as VAL (validator); shared with polar questions. Not a negation marker — its appearance under negation is what distinguishes the asymmetric Quechua negative paradigm (@cite{miestamo-2005} p. 158).

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      An Imbabura Quechua negation example.

      • affirmative : String
      • negative : String
      • glossAff : String
      • glossNeg : String
      • requiresChu : Bool

        Does this construction require -chu?

      • symmetric : Bool

        Is this construction symmetric?

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            Simple present: asymmetric (requires -chu, A/NonReal).

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              Progressive: symmetric (mana alone suffices).

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                Past: asymmetric (requires -chu).

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                • Fragments.Quechua.Negation.past = { affirmative := "shamurca", negative := "mana shamurca-chu", glossAff := "come-PST", glossNeg := "NEG come-PST-VAL", requiresChu := true, symmetric := false }
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                  Verification #

                  theorem Fragments.Quechua.Negation.symasy_distribution :
                  (List.filter (fun (x : NegExample) => x.symmetric) allExamples).length = 1 (List.filter (fun (e : NegExample) => !e.symmetric) allExamples).length = 2

                  Mixed: some symmetric, some asymmetric = SymAsy.

                  Asymmetric constructions are exactly those requiring -chu.

                  Quechua (Imbabura) negation profile (WALS Ch 112-115 + Greco/JinKoenig fields).

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