FUNCTION WORDS OF NEGATION IN VIETNAMESE

  • Bùi Thanh Hoa

Abstract

In Vietnamese, function words of negation include  không, chẳng, chả, đâu/ đâu có, nào/ nào có, khỏi, cóc, đếch,  ứ, chưa  (no, not at all, do not, never, yet). In a sense, these words, that might be used concomitantly with different subjective evaluation of speaker, deny or refute the existence of a thing, an action or a certain characteristic. These adjuncts, except  không  and  đâu, usually  stand  before  an  expression,  and  can  function  as  the  object,  the  predicative  or  the complement  in  a  sentence.  In  use,  the  above  mentioned  words  of  negation  can  either  directly execute  a  speech  act  or  indirectly  supplement  an  utterance.  Only  không  can  participate  in  any functional language styles; others usually appear in art, living activities or deliberate writin
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Published
2015-05-25
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