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Example 57-163
ta kone istwar pu pjer?
ta
2sg
kone
know
istwar
story
pu
prep
pjer?
Pierre
Do you know Pierre's story?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 195
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Polar questions: Only interrogative intonation
Focusing of the noun phrase: Fronting with particle before focus
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