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Example 48-18
¿Bo tan bae aonde?
¿Bo
you.
sg
tan
fut
bae
go
aonde?
where
Where are you going?
Spanish:
¿Adónde (te) vas?
Comment:
Postposition of the interrogative phrase highlights that phrase, which may express a variety of presuppositional (implied) meanings, including doubts about the veracity of an earlier statement.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
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Datapoints:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions: Interrogative phrase not initial
Polar questions: Only interrogative intonation
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