Abstract Double and triple negation marking is an ancient and deep-rooted feature that is attested in almost the entire Berber-speaking area (North Africa and diaspora), regardless of the type of negators in use; i. e., discontinuous markers (preverbal and postverbal negators) and dedicated negative verb stem alternations. In this article, we deal with the main stages that have led to the present Berber negation patterns and we argue, from a typological viewpoint, that certain morphophonetic mechanisms are to be regarded as a hitherto overlooked source for new negators. Moreover, we present a number of motivations that account for the hypothesis that, in Berber, those languages with both a preverbal and a postverbal negator belong to a diachronic stage prior to the attested languages with a preverbal negator only. Consequently, the study demonstrates that the Jespersen Cycle is back to the beginning in certain Berber languages. In doing so, we also show that Berber is to be regarded as a substrate in the development of double negation in North African Arabic. In addition, the study accounts for the asymmetric nature of Berber negation, although some new developments towards more symmetrical negation configurations are also attested.

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柏柏尔的否定：变化，演变和类型学

摘要双重和三次否定标记是一个古老而根深蒂固的特征，无论使用哪种否定器，几乎在整个柏柏尔语地区（北非和侨民）都得到了证明。一世。例如，不连续的标记（动词否定词和动词否定词）和专用否定动词词干交替。在本文中，我们讨论了导致当前柏柏尔语否定模式的主要阶段，并且从类型学观点出发，我们认为某些形态语音机制被视为迄今为止新否定者被忽视的来源。此外，我们提出了许多动机，说明了以下假设：在柏柏尔语中，那些既有动词否定语又有动词否定语的语言属于历时阶段，而仅是经过证明的只有动词否定语的语言。所以，该研究表明，Jespersen周期以某些柏柏尔语言重新开始。通过这样做，我们还表明，柏柏尔将被视为北非阿拉伯语双重否定发展的基础。此外，尽管也证明了柏柏尔式否定的不对称性质，但也证实了一些朝着更对称的否定构型的新发展。