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Example 23-22

yu wantem karem wanem?

yu

2sg

wantem

want

karem

take

wanem?

what

What do you want to buy?

Type:: naturalistic spoken
Source:: Meyerhoff nd

Language:

Bislama by Miriam Meyerhoff

Datapoints:

Position of interrogative phrases in content questions: Interrogative phrase not initial
Interrogative pronouns: Two compound expressions

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