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Example 20-20
喝丁㕭灣治
What thing you wantchee?
What
what
thing
thing
you
2sg
wantchee?
want
What things do you want?
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.1
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions: Interrogative phrase initial
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: No pronominal politeness distinction
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