Interrogative Structures in Marshallese
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چکیده
Marshallese, an Oceanic language spoken on the atolls of the Marshall Islands, has a question particle, ke, which may appear in one of a number of positions in yes/no interrogatives. Interestingly, the availability of certain positions depends upon whether the sentential context is affirmative or negative. In (1), we demonstrate the various grammatical and ungrammatical positions of ke in affirmative yes/no interrogatives.
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