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Example 5-22
yu jraa om wid
wo
- charkool?
yu
you
jraa
draw
om
him/it
wid
with
wo
what
-
charkool?
charcoal
What did you draw it with? Charcoal?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 134 (line 304)
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions: Interrogative phrase not initial
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