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Value Interrogative phrase not initial
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions
References
Quint 2000
: 216
Examples
Abo ê
kenha?
A-bo
top
-
2sg
.
indp
ê
be
kenha?
who
Who are you?
See
da Silva 1987
: 111
Kel (kumida) la ê di
kenha
?
Kel=(kumida)
that=(food)
la
there
ê
be
di=kenha?
of=whom
Whose is that (food)?
See
da Silva 1987
: 27/28
"Karterista" go ê
kusê
?
"Karterista"
pickpocket
go
top
ê
be
kusê?
what
What is a "pickpocket"?
See
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. karterista
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