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Example 41-83
pamp dreetu nukufaya?
pamp
pump
dreetu
right
nuku-faya?
neg
-make
Didn’t he repair the pump?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 1457
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Reduced and different TAM marking in negated clauses
Polar questions: Only interrogative intonation
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