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Example 5-23
an
wee
alyu yuuzto plee dis?
an
and
wee
where
alyu
you.
pl
yuuzto
used.to
plee
play
dis?
this
And where did you guys play this?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 134 (line 299)
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions: Interrogative phrase initial
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