nasality and negation

[Eduardo Ribeiro]

Dear colleagues,

I remember having read somewhere, quite a while ago, about a
cross-linguistic tendency for negative morphemes to present similar forms
(involving nasal phonemes) in unrelated languages.  I unfortunately am
unable to recall where I read this, and I couldn't find any reference to
this subject among my textbooks or class notes.

Could anyone help refresh my memory?  Any bibliographical references would
be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Eduardo
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