LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 12 December 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Negation in Liangmai

Widinibou, M.A., Ph.D. Research Scholar

Abstract

The present study aims to find out some of the grammatical uses of Negation in Liangmai language. Negation plays a very important role in communication system of language. It is also affects the logical structure as well as the semantic analysis of a sentence used in a particular language .The study of negation also plays a very important role in determining the acceptability of various grammatical constructions.

The present study is to explore the descriptive model and tries to describe in detail the construction of negative sentences in Liangmai. This study deals with prohibition, let negation, double negation, negative strengthening, polarity items, morphological negation, etc.

1.1. Introduction

Ethnically and linguistically, Liangmai belongs to the mongoloid group of race and speak Liangmai, a Tibeto Burman language under Naga-Kuki section of family. Liangmai is the name of the people as well as community that speaks the language. It is consider as a sub tribes of Zeliangrong which consists of Zeme, Liangmai and Rongmei coined on 15th February 1947 at the Keishamthong, Imphal conference. This is the combination of the first syllable of the three tribes’ i.e: Ze from Zeme, Liang from Liangmai and Rong from Rongmei (Ze + Liang + Rong= ZELIANGRONG).

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Widinibou, M.A., Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of Linguistics
Assam University
Silchar -788011
Assam, India
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