(Komi-Permyak)

Cq & (InitCpl)

Cq: Dependent and independent content questions are structurally identical.

(InitCpl): The only structural difference between dependent and independent content questions is the obligatory use of a clause-initial subordinating complementizer with the former.

(1)myj-önivangarj-ökartoška?
whatinsIvandigprs.3sgpotato
’What does Ivan dig the potatoes with?’ (L. P.)

(2)nastajual-i-s:«myj-önivangarj-ökartoška?»
Nastyaaskpst3sgwhatinsIvandigprs.3sgpotato
’Nastya asked: „What does Ivan dig the potatoes with?”’ (L. P.)

(3)nastajual-i-s,myj-önivangarj-ökartoška.
Nastyaaskpst3sgwhatinsIvandigprs.3sgpotato
’Nastya asked what Ivan dug the potatoes with.’ (L. P.)

(4)nastajual-i-s,štomyj-önivangarj-ökartoška.
Nastyaaskpst3sgthatwhatinsIvandigprs.3sgpotato
’Nastya asked what Ivan dug the potatoes with.’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak, dependent content questions can have the same form as main clause (1) ones (2)–(3). Besides this, an optional conjunction, što ‘that’ can appear at the beginning of the subordinate clause (4) (L. P.).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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