Imbabura Quechua Negation Fragment #
@cite{miestamo-2005} @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).
The standard negation particle.
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The validator enclitic triggered in negative (and interrogative) contexts. Glossed as VAL (validator); shared with polar questions.
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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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Verification #
Mixed: some symmetric, some asymmetric = SymAsy.
Asymmetric constructions are exactly those requiring -chu.