Книга: Dagnachew Degu Sulamo «Interrogative Constructions in Hadiyya»

Производитель: "LAP Lambert Academic Publishing"

This book is an instrument to see the interrogative constructions of Hadiyya, a Central East Cushitic spoken in Ethiopia. The language uses yes-no questions, alternative choice questions, tag questions, content questions and echo questions. Yes-no questions are derived from declarative sentences by suffixing the question morpheme -nniyye or by applying a rising intonation. Alternative choice questions are formed by suffixing the reduced question morpheme -nnii on the first alternative; the lengthened final vowel also serves as disjunction. Tag questions can be formed using the tag marker -lla or by posing yes-no questions on declarative or imperative sentences. Content questions are constructed using one of the wh-words and are mostly cleft. The basic wh-words can also be the base for the derivation of other wh-words. Another question types are echo questions. Pure or wh-echo questions can be formed based on declarative, interrogative and imperative sentences. Echo questions have... ISBN:9783847304388

Издательство: "LAP Lambert Academic Publishing" (2012)

ISBN: 9783847304388