
Clausal negation refers to simple negation of a full clause. The language accomplishes this with a special negative auxiliary verb, as in Finnish: <i><b>e-n</b> syö-nyt omena-a</i> ‘<b>Neg-1sg</b> eat-PTCP apple.PART’ for ‘I didn’t eat an apple’ (Dryer 2008). Notice that the negative auxiliary takes subject agreement, normally reserved for verbs, and the main verb is in the form of a participle. 

<br><br><b>Reference</b><br>
Dryer, Matthew S. 2008. Negative Morphemes.
In Haspelmath et al. (2008), chapter 112. Available online at <a href=â€http://wals.info/feature/112â€> http://wals.info/feature/112</a href>. 

