ConSOLE 33 2025 • University of Göttingen

Allomorphy of sentential negation in Ishkashimi

Aleksandr Sergienko

Université Paris Cité

alser99@yandex.ru

Abstract

This paper analyzes sentential negation in Ishkashimi (Eastern Iranian), arguing that a functional head Neg occupies a position in between Aspect (Asp) and T, but below Perfect (Prf) (T > Prf > Neg > Asp). Evidence for this position comes from tense-conditioned negative allomorphy in Ishkashimi, where na- serves as the standard negator and nǝst- appears in the past tense. The analysis of the allomorphy is couched in Nanosyntax (Starke 2009).

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Aleksandr Sergienko (2025). allomorphy of sentential negation in ishkashimi. In Proceedings of ConSOLE 33, edited by Federica Longo, Leonardo Russo Cardona, Tommaso Sgrizzi, Hadis Tamleh, (pp. 201-224).

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@inproceedings{allomorphy-sergienko-2025, title={Allomorphy of sentential negation in Ishkashimi}, author={Aleksandr Sergienko}, booktitle={Proceedings of ConSOLE 33}, year={2025}, pages={201-224}, editor={Federica Longo and Leonardo Russo Cardona and Tommaso Sgrizzi and Hadis Tamleh} }

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