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Position of interrogative phrases in content questions
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Interrogative phrase not initial Frequency: 50.0%
Example 22-5:
Em haus bilong
husat?
Em
3sg
haus
house
bilong
poss
husat?
who
Whose house is that?
Source:
Dutton and Thomas 1985
: 38
Example 22-7:
Yu salim wanpela long hamas?
Yu
2sg
salim
sell
wan-pela
one-
mod
long
prep
hamas?
how.much
How much do you sell one for?
Source:
Dutton and Thomas 1985
: 31
Confidence:
Very certain
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Interrogative phrase initial Frequency: 50.0%
Example 22-27:
Husat
i bin wokim?
Husat
who
i
pm
bin
pst
wok-im?
do-
tr
Who did it?
Example 22-28:
Wanem taim
bai yu go?
Wanem
what
taim
time
bai
fut
yu
2sg
go?
go
When will you go?
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Tok Pisin
Feature:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions
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