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:
Symmetric: in some constructions, mana simply negates without further structural change.
Asymmetric (A/NonReal): in other constructions, negation triggers obligatory -chu marking on the verb. -chu is a validator enclitic that also appears in polar interrogatives; it expresses assertion authority and certainty (@cite{miestamo-2005} p. 158). Its use in negatives introduces a non-realized category absent from affirmatives.
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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- Fragments.Quechua.Negation.mana = { form := "mana", morphemeType := Typology.Negation.NegMorphemeType.particle, position := Typology.Negation.NegMarkerPosition.preverbal }
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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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- Fragments.Quechua.Negation.chuSuffix = "-chu"
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The Imbabura Quechua negation system: a single preverbal particle.
The Fragment-side joint consumed by Phenomena/Negation/Studies/Dryer2013.lean.
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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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- Fragments.Quechua.Negation.instBEqNegExample.beq x✝¹ x✝ = false
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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 #
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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