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Homework

Languages of the world

Clause types

1. Explain the difference between speech act types and clause types.

2. How are clause types distinguished grammatically in English? Address both main clauses and embedded clauses.

3. What is the difference between symmetric and asymmetric negation? Name one language for each type.

4. There are three basic ways how a combination of a negation and an indefinite pronoun can be expressed across languages. What are these three types? Name one example language for each.

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