Polarity: whether the word can be or is negated
| Values: | Neg | Pos |
In Classical Armenian, negation is a lexical feature of negative particles and negated copula չիք/čʻikʻ “there is no”. Unlike Modern Eastern Armenian, չ/čʻ, an allomorph of the negative particle ոչ/očʻ “not” is not considered as part of the verb form. It is consistently segmented as a separate token taking the negation feature, while the negated verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns as such are not specified for polarity. The value Polarity=Pos is not used for words without a dependent negative particle. Neither it is used for the non-negated copula. Derivational morphemes of negation (such as ան-/an- “non-, un-” in անշէջ/anšēǰ “inextinguishable”) are not tagged by the Polarity feature.
Neg: negative
The tag marks negative particles ոչ/očʻ (with its allomorph չ/čʻ), մի/mi “not”, and a negated copula չիք/čʻikʻ “there is no”.
Examples
- negative particles: ոչ/očʻ, մի/mi “not”
- negated copula: չիք/čʻikʻ “there is no”
References
Առաքելեան, Վարագ. 2010. Գրաբարի քերականութիւն. Երևան: Վիամիր․ [Araqelian, Varag. 2010. Grammar of Grabar. Yerevan: Viamir]
Jensen, Hans. 1959. Altarmenische Grammatik. Heidelberg: Winter.
Meillet, Antoine. 1913. Altarmenisches Elementarbuch. Heidelberg: Winters (Internet Archive).
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