Stump (1984:293, n.2)

De Arbres
 "There are non-standard dialects of Breton in which the pattern of verb-inflection in negative clauses is the same as that observed in affirmative clauses; for such dialects, (i) is acceptable and (ii) unacceptable.
 
 Trépos Grammaire bretonne (n.d. [1968]) is apparently based on a non-standard dialect of this sort; 
 cf. the example Ar selaouerien ne gleve netra, 'The auditors didn't hear anything' (p.266), 
 in which 'gleve' is in its analytic form [3SG]."
 

(i) Ar vugale ne lenn ket levrioù.
le 1enfant.s ne1 lit pas livre.s
'Les enfants ne lisent pas de livres.'
Non-standard, Stump (1984:293, n.2)


(ii) * Ar vugale ne lennont ket levrioù.
le 1enfant.s ne1 lisent pas livre.s
'Les enfants ne lisent pas de livres.'
Non-standard, Stump (1984:293, n.2)


La situation est contraire en standard:

(iii) * Ar vugale ne lenn ket levrioù.
le 1enfant.s ne1 lit pas livre.s
'Les enfants ne lisent pas de livres.'
Standard, Stump (1984:293, n.2)


(iv) Ar vugale ne lennont ket levrioù.
le 1enfant.s ne1 lisent pas livre.s
'Les enfants ne lisent pas de livres.'
Standard, Stump (1984:293, n.2)


référence

  • Stump, Gregory T. 1984. 'Agreement vs. incorporation in Breton', Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 2:289-348.