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Comments |
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01_Subject Verb
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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02_Verb Subject
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No |
Steve Seegmiller |
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03_Verb Object
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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04_Object Verb
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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05_Subject Verb Object
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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06_Subject Object Verb
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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07_Verb Subject Object
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No |
Steve Seegmiller |
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08_Verb Object Subject
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No |
Steve Seegmiller |
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09_Object Subject Verb
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No |
Steve Seegmiller |
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10_Object Verb Subject
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No |
Steve Seegmiller |
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11_Adposition Noun_Phrase
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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12_Noun_Phrase Adposition
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Words: thaer hi com him to Gloss: there they came him to Translation: "there they came to him" Comment: this occurs after 'her'and 'thaer'and often with personal pronouns Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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13_Adjective Noun
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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14_Noun Adjective
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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15_Numeral Noun
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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16_Noun Numeral
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Words: his geferan twegen Gloss: his companions two Translation: his two companions Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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17_Demonstrative Noun
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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18_Noun Demonstrative
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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19_Possessor Noun
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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20_Noun Possessor
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Words: sumne dael thaes felles Gloss: some ACC-M part ACC-M of-the GEN-SG skin GEN-SG Translation: "some part of the skin" Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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21_Pronominal Possessor Noun
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Words: hyre frumcennedan sunu Gloss: her firstborn ACC son ACC Translation: "her firstborn son" Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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Words: his discipuli Translation: "his disciples" Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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22_Noun Pronominal Possessor
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Words: sunu min Gloss: son VOC my VOC Translation: "my son" Comment: this order is only really found in the vocative Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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A 01_Attributive Adjective Agreement
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Words: se aelmihtiga haelend Gloss: the M-SG-NOM almighty M-SG-NOM Christ M-SG-NOM Translation: "The almighty Christ" Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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A 02_Predicate Adjective Agreement
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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Words: God hi gesceop ealle gode Gloss: God them ACC-PL created all ACC-PL good ACC-PL Translation: "God created all of them good Comment: In predicative use the adjective is not always declined Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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A 03_Degree Adjective
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Words: swa earme wif Gloss: so poor woman Translation: "so poor a woman" Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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A 04_Adjective Degree
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Words: synne genoh Gloss: sins enough Translation: "enough sins" Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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AuxSel 01_Auxiliary Selection
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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C 01_Complementizer Clause
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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C 02_Clause Complementizer
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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C 03_Adverbial_Subordinator Clause
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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C 04_Clause Adverbial Subordinator
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Extra Examples
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NA |
Willem Koopman |
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N2 01_Numeral Noun (indefinite)
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Comment: Examples with numerals are hard to find in existential contexts but it seems reasonable to set this to yes Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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N2 02_Noun Numeral (indefinite)
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No |
Willem Koopman |
there are examples in poetry (e.g. ymb wucan thriddan 'over weeks three', but examples in prose are dubious |
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N2 03_Numeral Noun (definite)
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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N2 04_Noun Numeral (definite)
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No |
Willem Koopman |
instances in the prose are dubious |
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N2 05_Definite NP (Num N, N Num) has a definite article
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Comment: Old English makes no distinction between definite article and demonstrative: se, thaet, seo (inflected for number, case and gender) can be translated as the definite article or as the demonstrative 'that'. Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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N2 06_Definite NP (Num N, N Num) has a demonstrative
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Comment: Old English makes no distinction between definite article and demonstrative: se.thaet, seo (inflected for number, case and gender) can be translated as the definite article or the demonstrative pronoun 'that'. Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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N2 07_Definite NP (Num N, N Num) lacks a definite article or demonstrative
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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N2 08_Definite NP (Num N, N Num) contains a Plural marker, but Indefinite NP does not
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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N2 09_Definite NP (Num N, N Num) contains any other marking
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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N2 10_The Numeral has a different form in Definite and Indefinite (Num N, N Num) contexts
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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N2 11_The Noun has a different form in Definite and Indefinite (Num N, N Num) contexts
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 01_Standard Negation is Particle that Precedes the Verb
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Comment: contraction often before verbs beginning with a vowel, h or w: ne waes -> naes (was not), ne is -> nis (is not), ne haebbe -> naebbe (had not) Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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Neg 02_Standard Negation is Particle that Follows the verb
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 03_Standard Negation is Prefix
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 04_Standard Negation is Suffix
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 05_Standard Negation is Negative Auxiliary verb
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 06_Standard Negation is Higher verb
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 07_Standard Negation is Tone
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 08_Standard Negation is Tone plus Other Modification
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 09_Standard Negation is Reduplication
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 10_Standard Negation is Infix
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 11_Distinct Negation of Class/Property
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Comment: words other than finite verbs are regularly negated by na/no. With finite verbs this is very rare, ne is used instead. Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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Neg 12_Distinct Negation of identity
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 13_Distinct Negation of Existence
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Neg 14_Distinct Negation of Location
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Order N3 01_ Demonstrative Adjective Noun
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Yes |
Steve Seegmiller |
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Words: on dhissum andweardan daege Gloss: on this DAT present DAT day DAT Translation: "on this present day" Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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Order N3 02_Demonstrative Noun Adjective
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Order N3 03_ Noun Adjective Demonstrative
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No |
Steve Seegmiller |
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Order N3 04_Noun Demonstrative Adjective
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Words: cyle thone grimmestan Gloss: cold ACC-M the ACC-M severest ACC-M Translation: "the severest cold" Comment: occasional examples make me set this to yes Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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Order N3 05_Adjective Demonstrative Noun
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No |
Steve Seegmiller |
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Order N3 06_Adjective Noun Demonstrative
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Order N3 07_Demonstrative Numeral Noun
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Order N3 08_Demonstrative Noun Numeral
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Order N3 09_ Noun Numeral Demonstrative
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Order N3 10_Noun Demonstrative Numeral
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Order N3 11_Numeral Demonstrative Noun
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Order N3 12_Numeral Noun Demonstrative
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No |
Willem Koopman |
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Q01_Initial polar Q-marker
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No |
--- |
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Q02_Final polar Q-marker
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No |
--- |
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Q03_Clause internal polar Q-marker
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No |
--- |
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Q04_Polar question by intonation
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No |
--- |
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Q05_Polar question by V-fronting
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Yes |
--- |
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Q06_Polar question by Auxiliary-fronting
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Yes |
--- |
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Q07_Q-marker follows narrow focus
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No |
--- |
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Q08_Affirmative answer by particle
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Yes |
--- |
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Q09_Affirmative answer by verb
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No |
--- |
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Q10_Affirmative answer by auxiliary
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No |
--- |
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Q11_Affirmative answer by auxiliary and verb
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No |
--- |
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Q12_Affirmative answer by particle and verb
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No |
--- |
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Q13_Affirmative answer by predicative 'be'
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No |
--- |
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Q14_Verb answer to indefinite subject question
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No |
--- |
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Q15_Particle-and-verb answer to indefinite subject question
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No |
--- |
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Q17NEGA_Negative answer by bare sentential negation
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No |
--- |
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Q18NEGA_Negative answer by sentential negation plus bare verb
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No |
Willem Koopman |
There are cases of the negative particle combining with a pronominal subject and a verb (ic naes=I not-was) and of the negative particle combining with the personal pronoun (Nic=not I) |
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Q19ANegQ_Truth-based confirmation
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NA |
Willem Koopman |
Not sure any examples can be found in the surviving data |
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Q20ANegQ_Polarity-based confirmation
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Q21ANegQ_Polarity-reversing particle
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Q22ANegQ_Polarity-reversing answer by affirmative and special particle
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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V2 01_Declarative Verb-Second
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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Comment: personal pronoun subjects generally precede the verb, nominal subjects usually follow, but there also examples where they precede and Verb-Second does not take place. Contributor: Willem Koopman |
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V2 02_Interrogative Verb-Second
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Yes |
Willem Koopman |
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