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Example 22-27
Husat
i bin wokim?
Husat
who
i
pm
bin
pst
wok-im?
do-
tr
Who did it?
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions: Interrogative phrase initial
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
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