(Komi-Permyak)

Q & PhonInt

Q: Polar questions are marked by a question particle, a non-inflectional morpheme that functions specifically to mark this function and that displays a degree of independence (as an affix, clitic, or independent word). Changes in word order are of no significance for the purposes of this parameter.

PhonInt: Polar questions appear in the same word order as their declarative equivalents and are marked exclusively by intonation.

(1)mun-a-nvör-ö?
goprs2sgforestill
’Are you going to the forest?’ (L. P.)

(2)mun-a-njavör-ö?
goprs2sgqforestill
’Are you going to the forest?’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak, polar questions are marked by an intonation pattern characterizing polar questions (1), or by the use of the interrogative particle ja (2) (Lobanova 2017: 27–28).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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