Negation strategies in Gonja

Abstract

Dwumadie yi hw11 mp1ns1mp1ns1mu a 1fa ns1mp4de1 titire a 1da adi w4 Kojo Antwi ne Daddy Lumba 4d4 nnwom no bi mu. Botae1 titire ne s1 1hw11 ns1mp4de1 a 1da adi w4 annwomtofo4 baanu yi nnwom ahodo4 mu, kasasuo a w4de di dwuma de da ns1mp4 no adi, 1na w4n mu biara nnwomto4 adey1su. Ns1mmuafo4 du na mede m’ani sii w4n so faa anto nhyehy1e1 kwan so twetwee nk4mm4. Mede 4kasa ne sukyer1 nkyer1kyer1mu a megyinaa ns1mmoano ne ns1mmuafo4 anoms1m a mekyere guu afidie so na 1y11 mp1ns1mp1ns1nmu no. Kojo Antwi 4d4 nnwom num ne Daddy Lumba 4d4 nnwom num ne emu ns1mmoano ahodo4 na megyinaa so y11 mp1ns1mp1ns1nmu no. Dwumadie yi annyina adwenemus1m/ti4ri biara so s1de1 Bruan ne Clarke (2006) de to dwa fa ns1mp4de1 nhwehw1mu ho no. Nhwehw1mu yi ada ns1mp4de1 bi te s1 ahonu ne adwensakyera, akor4kor4 ne mpata, 4d4 a 1som bo anaa 4d4 mmapa, huamm4die, anigyina, abamubuo, b4hy1, adansedie ne ayeyie. Ebinom nso ne akor4kor4 ne nnyegyeso4, osoowa y1 nnaada anaa aho4f1 nkyer1 suban, honam ak4nn4 ne anisop1, mmaa akosua kumaa hy1 tokurom, mpam atopabuo, k4te1 ne 1tw1die nnyegyeho ne aware1 mu b4hy1 adi. Afei kasasuo ahodo4 bi te s1 nteamude1, mm1, s1-s1ntefo4, s1-nipa, mmrane, ntotohos1m, anihanehane, sabuakwan, kasammraani, amp1-mmuae1 as1mmisa, ntimu, nnyinah4ma, adwenemu mfonin, nnyegyee1 ne 1nne nsisiso4 a annwomtofo4 no de dii dwuma nso nhwehw1mu yi ada no adi. !b1daa adi s1 Daddy Lumba de kasasuo bi te s1 kasammraani ne sabuakwan dii dwuma yie, na Kojo Antwi nso de kasa fann/ferenkyemm dii dwuma. Bio, dwumadie no ma y1hunuu Kojo Antwi ne Daddy Lumba nnwomto4 adey1su sononko a 1da nso ne w4n adey1su a 1y1 p1 a 1kyer1 nimde1 a w4w4 ne kwadare a w4akwadare w4 Akan Kasa mu nkitahodie mu ne nkitahodie kasasu. Afei nsusui1 pa a 1b1ma anom kasadwini b1gyina w4 sukuu ahodo4 mu ne Akan Haelaefo nso krataa yi ada no adi.