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Example 59-52
tenti nyen'
laa lo tene so?!
tene
affair
ti
of
nyen'
what
laa
foc
lo
3sg
tene
say
so?!
thus
Why in the world did you speak this way?
Comment:
The question word 'why' is composed of 'affair of'. When a question is repeated or when expressing emotion, a rising-falling contour with greater emphasis occurs on the final syllable represented by (?!).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions: Interrogative phrase initial
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