This feature concerns polar interrogative constructions where the main verb is repeated, once in the affirmative form and again in the negated form, as a pragmatically unmarked way of asking questions. The negated form can also occur before the affirmative form.
Mandarin Chinese (ISO 639-3: cmn, Glottolog: mand1415)
Mandarin Chinese is coded 1 (Wiedenhof 2015: 212–214).
他们 来 不 来 Tāmén lái bù lái 3PL come not come ‘Are they coming?’ (Wiedenhof 2015: 212)
Paamese (ISO 639-3: pma, Glottolog: paam1238)
Paamese is coded 1.
kǐha vuō kirovɔtelʔ kil+haa vǔo (o) kitro+vaa+tel 2SG.DIST.go or 2SG.DIST.NEG.go.PTCP ‘Will you go or not?’ (Crowley 1982: 241) (Abbreviations: DIST distal mood)
Hagstrom, Paul. 2017. A-not-A Questions. In Martin Everaert & Henk C. van Riemsdijk (eds), The Wiley Blackwell companion to syntax, Second edition, 1–40. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.
Crowley, Terry. 1982. The Paamese language of Vanuatu. (Pacific Linguistics: Series B, 87.) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
Wiedenhof, Jeroen. 2015. A grammar of Mandarin. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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0 | absent | 1513 | |
1 | present | 115 | |
? | Not known | 513 |
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