This book offers a comprehensive study of negation in Marathi. Bringing together insights from historical linguistics, grammar, and semantics, the study examines how negation is expressed and interpreted at both the lexical (constituent) and sentential (syntactic) levels.
Situating Marathi within its diachronic range, the book traces the development of negation from Sanskrit through Prakrit especially Maharashtri to its present-day forms.Â
It demonstrates that Marathi negation is shaped by multiple sources: inherited structures from Sanskrit, significant influence from Perso-Arabic elements, and productive analogical formations within the language itself. Particular attention is given to the use of negative prefixes, including cases where the negator functions as a prefix, and to the evolution and role of the sentence negator nahi, which notably does not follow Jespersen's Cycle.
Based on an extensive corpus drawn from Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Marathi texts, and supported by detailed grammatical analysis, this book provides a systematic account of negation across historical stages.
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