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Example 17-16
Haw mo̱ch
mò̱ni dè̱m ge̱t?
Haw
how
mo̱ch
much
mò̱ni
money
dè̱m
3pl
.
sbj
ge̱t?
have
How much money do they have?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 15
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions: Interrogative phrase initial
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