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Example 14-142
Do you be there at eight in the morning?
Do
do
you
you
be
be.
hab
there
there
at
at
eight
eight
in
in
the
the
morning?
morning
In general, are you there at eight in the morning?
Comment:
In the sentence, the auxiliary
do
precedes the subject
you
in the question.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Green 2002
: 69
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Polar questions: Interrogative word order
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