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Value Interrogative phrase initial
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions
References
Sandefur 1979
: 96-98
Examples
Hu
dijan im kaminap? – Rong pleis im go jet gardiya!
Hu
who
dijan
prox
:
adj
im
3sg
kam-in-ap?
come-
prog2
-up
–
–
Rong
wrong
pleis
place
im
3sg
go
go
jet
dem
gardiya!
non.Aboriginal
Who's this coming? – He's going to the wrong place, the white person!
Wotaim
yu gota go hom [...] kantri?
Wotaim
when
yu
2sg
gota
fut
/
oblig
go
go
hom
home
[...]
[...]
kantri?
country
When will you go home to [your] country?
We
yu go,
wijei
jed pleis?
We
where
yu
3sg
go,
go
wij-ei
which-
dir
jed
dem
pleis?
place
Where do you go, which way is that place?
Wot
hi got, bideo, o wot?
Wot
what
hi
3sg
got,
got
bideo,
video
o
or
wot?
what
What does she have, a video, or what? (referring to someone's mobile phone)
Wot fo
im krainabat thet lil gel, yubala bin hitim?
Wot
what
fo
for
im
3sg
kra-in-abat
cry-
prog2
-
prog
thet
dem
lil
little
gel,
girl
yubala
2pl
bin
pst
hit-im?
hit-
tr
Why is she crying, this little girl, did you hit her?
Wanim
dea yu gugumbat?
Wanim
what
dea
there
yu
2sg
gug-um-bat?
cook-
tr
-
prog
What are you cooking there?
See
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982
: 65
Hau
wi bin go? – Bas maidi.
Hau
how
wi
1pl
.
excl
bin
pst
go?
go
–
–
Bas
bus
maidi.
maybe
How did we go? – Maybe (by) bus.
See
Angelo et al. 1998
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