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Example 72-156
Yu garram kengkaruyu minti?
Yu
2sg
garram
have
kengkaru-yu
kangaroo-
dat
minti?
bottom
Do you have the kangaroo's bottom?
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Comment:
This was uttered in a game of "Fish" where cards are divided into the head and tail part of animals. The only thing that indicates that this is a question is rising intonation.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meakins 2003-2006
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Polar questions: Only interrogative intonation
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