We consider numeration systems with base β and −
β, for quadratic Pisot numbers β and focus on comparing
the combinatorial structure of the sets Zβ and Z− β of numbers
with integer expansion in base β, resp. − β. Our main result is the comparison of languages
of infinite words uβ and
u−
β coding the ordering of distances between
consecutive β- and (−
β)-integers. It turns out that for a class of roots
β of
x2 −
mx − m, the languages coincide,
while for other quadratic Pisot numbers the language of uβ can be identified only
with the language of a morphic image of u− β. We also study the
group structure of (−
β)-integers.