Interrogativity in Baskeet
type: Dataset
description: The present article analyzes the grammatical means of encoding interrogativity in the Omotic language Baskeet. At first, an overview of interrogative marking on verbal and non-verbal predicates is given. Depending on the type of predicate, direct questions are marked by intonation only, or, additionally, by an interrogative morpheme -a, or special interrogative verb forms. Secondly, the forms and functions of the six simplex interrogative pronouns, i.e. PERSON, THING, TIME, QUANTITY, MANNER, PLACE, and SELECTION interrogatives, as well as pronouns derived from them, are discussed. Finally, the article considers the use of interrogatives in non-interrogative contexts. The analysis is primarily based on a corpus of recorded spontaneous speech events.
issued: 2026-05-05T11:48:53.803274
language: en
modified: 2026-05-05T11:48:53.803279
contact point: Organization
  fn: CCSD
keyword: baskeet
keyword: book-sections
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsbookpart
keyword: interrogativity
keyword: omotic
keyword: omotique
keyword: pronom-interrogatifs
keyword: question-pronouns
keyword: shslanguehumanities-and-social-scienceslinguistics
landing page: Complex Predicates, Finiteness and Interrogativity

Interrogativity in Baskeet
type: Distribution
format: HTML
issued: 2026-05-05T11:48:53.806196
modified: 2026-05-05T11:48:53.791977
access URL: https://hal.science/hal-00988559

test_moissonnage_selune
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