The following example shows an interesting case of a preverbal negative focus in Colonial Valley Zapotec. This is very much like what would occur in San Dionisio Ocotepec Zapotec in the same context.
Look at the part about 'no one can rise', where we get aca ru-ti benni zoaca chapi...
Here in SDOZ, we would have ru-te'ca biiny 'no person', where the /ru-/ prefix on the negative matches the animacy of the noun that follows.
Look at the part about 'no one can rise', where we get aca ru-ti benni zoaca chapi...
Here in SDOZ, we would have ru-te'ca biiny 'no person', where the /ru-/ prefix on the negative matches the animacy of the noun that follows.
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