159 Never as preverbal past tense negator
 | A - feature is pervasive or obligatory | 24 |
 | B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare | 31 |
 | C - feature exists, but is extremely rare | 9 |
 | D - attested absence of feature | 8 |
 | X - feature is not applicable (given the structural make-up of the variety/P/C) | 2 |
 | ? - no information on feature is available | 3 |
- Feature area:
- Negation
- Typical example:
- He never came ‘He didnʼt come’
- Example source:
- Kortmann/Szmrecsanyi (2004)
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