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Example 14-143
You be there at eight in the morning?
You
you
be
be.
hab
there
there
at
at
eight
eight
in
in
the
the
morning?
morning
Are you generally there at eight in the morning?
Comment:
'True' yes-no questions are often marked by intonation although they may also be marked by inversion.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Polar questions: Only interrogative intonation
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