Negative Word Of Beefy Central Language

The paper observes the negative words in a string of languages, namely Geyang language group, intending to describe and compare the negative words in a typology perspective. Meanwhile, the complicated word order of negative words is also focused on in the paper in a bid to explain the cause based on modern linguistic theory.Four chapters, as following, are arranged:The first chapter elaborates the aim and scope of the whole paper, as well as the theory basis and the linguistic materials obtained from sources publicized and to be publicized.The second one discusses the usage of Gelao negative words as a model standing for the Geyang languages. Section one is about the Judu Gelao, a Geyang dialect that can be categorized into negative verbs coming form auxiliary verbs and negative adverbs. One negative adverb located at the end of the sentence have been grammaticalized, thus its independence seems to be comparatively weak. The others located right before the verb phrases are usually used to intensify the final one. However, these verbs have gained the capacity of independence gradually. The account can be seen through the fact that they can be used without the final one on some occasion. The negative auxiliary verbs coming from the inflection of auxiliary verbs are usually used with the assist of the final one, although it disappears under some circumstance.The second section compares the negative words among four dialects of Gelao language, leading to a conclusion that the four dialects can be classified into two groups on the basis of the negative words, namely, Duoluo and A'ou, Gao and Hagei. One of the reasons is that the first group borrows the negative adverb "ma", while the second group does not. Another reason is that the second group have negative adverbsreferring to "no longer......now", which can not be found in the firstgroup. The last reason related to the negation center of the first group relies on the final negative adverbs, comparing with the first group, of which the negation center sometimes sets on the final one, sometimes on the negative adverbs right before the verb phrase.The third chapter approaches word order of the negative words. A hypothesis is introduced here that the negative words of original Geyang languages was located at the end of the sentence. The motion is probably a result of grammaticalization and intensification, syntax borrowing and syntax influence due to language contact. The mechanism of the change could adapt to the rules of reanalysis, which could usually be divided into three phases.The final chapter comes up with the main idea of the paper and the problems incurring further discussion.