Feature: The prohibitive

Feature URL:
https://wals.info/feature/71A
Description

(By Johan van der Auwera and Ludo Lejeune with Valentin Goussev): "This map shows the grammaticalization of a prohibition addressed to a single addressee. The category will be called the “second singular prohibitive”... In the first type of language shown on the map, the second singular prohibitive is a combination of the verbal construction used for the second singular imperative plus a sentential negative strategy found in declaratives, or in indicative declaratives, if the notion of indicative is relevant... The second type employs a second singular imperative construction, but the sentential negation strategy is not found in declaratives or, if the notion of indicative is relevant, in indicative declaratives... In the third type, the second singular prohibitive employs a sentential negative that is used in declaratives or, if the notion of indicative is relevant, in indicative declaratives, but the verbal construction is not the one found in second singular imperatives... In the fourth type, the verbal construction of the second singular prohibitive is different from that of the second singular imperative, and the negative strategy is different from the sentential negative found in declaratives or, if the notion of indicative is relevant, in indicative declaratives..."