Datapoint Diu Indo-Portuguese/Position of interrogative phrases in content questions
In Diu Indo-Portuguese, interrogative phrases immediately precede the verb group (including close-knit verb phrase modifiers, such as preverbal Tense-Aspect markers or clausal negators), i.e. they occur in preverbal focus position. Therefore, they are not by definition clause-initial, and only occur in that position in the elliptic absence of any potentially preceding constituents such as the subject or various adjuncts.
Very rarely, elements normally occurring in clause-initial position (e.g. subjects, adverbials) are displaced to postverbal position so that the interrogative phrase appears initially; this is by no means the default strategy and, at any rate, it never challenges the rule that interrogative phrases occupy the preverbal focus position.
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Interrogative phrase not initial
- Example 39-13:
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Use də ki tə fika med?Use2sgdəofkiwhattəipfv.npstfik-abecome-infmed?fearWhat are you afraid of?
Source: Cardoso 2009: 203
- Example 39-29:
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Use õt kom nã vey?Use2õtyesterdaykomwhy/hownãnegvey?come.pstWhy didn't you come yesterday?
Source: Cardoso 2009: 202
- Example 39-30:
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Ali nɔs uki tiŋ brĩka?Alitherenɔs1plukiwhatt-iŋipfv-pstbrĩk-a?play-infWhat were we playing there?
Source: Cardoso 2004-2008
- Confidence:
- Very certain