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Whose dog bit the lizard? (literally "Who has the dog that bit the lizard?") | Whose dog bit the lizard? (literally "Who has the dog that bit the lizard?") | ||
====Other Interrogatives that modify noun phrases==== | |||
To ask questions like "Which lizard did the dog bite?", attach the clitic bá- (or báj- before a vowel) to the noun being asked about e.g. | |||
/ˈkʰwèi̤=zù káiʔk bá=ˈgáʔɾ/ | |||
dog=ERG bite Q.INTR=lizard | |||
Which lizard did the dog bite? | |||
However, bá- can only attach to a noun in the absolutive case. To ask about the subject of a transitive verb, it is necessary to antipassivise the verb. e.g. | |||
/θú=ˈkáiʔk bá=kʰwèi̤ ˈgáʔɾ=àuŋ/ | |||
ANTIP=bite Q.INTR=dog lizard=DAT | |||
Which dog bit the lizard? | |||
Attaching the clitic to a noun in the ergative case is ungrammatical e.g. */bá=ˈkʰwèi̤=zù káiʔk gáʔɾ/. Also the clitic cannot attach to a topicalised noun e.g. */bá=kʰwèi̤ θú=ˈkáiʔk ˈgáʔɾ=àuŋ/. | |||
To ask about the object of a postposition, an applicative construction is needed e.g. | |||
/gáʔɾ=zù káiʔk=kà bá=pʰáˈzè̤t ˈkʰwèi̤=jàuŋ/ | |||
lizard=ERG bite=LOC forest dog=DAT which | |||
Which forest did the lizard bite the dog in? | |||
==Compounding== | ==Compounding== | ||