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Value Interrogative phrase not initial
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions
References
Sandefur 1979
: 96-98
Examples
Imin gibit
langa
wijan
?
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
gibit
give
langa
loc
wijan?
which:one
Who did he give it to?
See
Sandefur 1979
: 98
Bikos wi bin kamap
wotaim?
– Maidi ten aklak iya, im maidi leven aklak.
Bikos
because
wi
1pl
bin
pst
kamap
come
wotaim?
when
–
–
Maidi
maybe
ten
ten
aklak
o'clock
iya,
here
im
3sg
maidi
maybe
leven
eleven
aklak.
o'clock
Because we arrived when? – Maybe [around] 10 o'clock here, it might be 11 o'clock.
See
Angelo et al. 1998
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