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Yes-No Interrogation - A Tabular Conspectus
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Positive |
Negative |
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Information-seeking |
fresh
enquiry |
sent |
(1)
omo/ama |
(1)mo-ama/mo(0)mo |
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(2)
mo-mo |
(2)
mo-mo-mo |
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(3)
ho |
(3)
mo ho |
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phrase |
ha |
mo-ha |
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| at
once information- seeking
and confirming (minus surprise) |
evidence
beefy |
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livid,-sa/-sha
blunt |
mo-sa/sha |
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we
-o |
mo-wa
mo-o |
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evidence
tenuous |
-ho |
mo-ho |
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at
once information-
seeking and-confirming
(plus surprise)
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ha/hra
(archaic) |
mo-ha/
mo-hra |
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information-confirming
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(1)
do
(2) mo- mo-da
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(1)
mo-do
(2) mo (tense) mo-mo-do
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The Question-Answer Nexus
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Mao Naga
has the following pattern which underlies the
nexus of verbal stimulus and response and which,
with respect to some negative stimuli, is piquantly
different from those in English.
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Information-seeking,
sentential and fresh inquiry
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omo/ama
affirmative
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294A: |
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izho1
larücü2
shuţţi3
omo-e/ama4 |
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is
today1
a holiday3
for the school2
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B: |
a) |
ove1
shuţţi-e2
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yes,
it is2
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*b) |
ove1
shuţţi2
mo-e3 |
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yes,
it is 2
not3
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c) |
mo-e1
shuţţi2
mo-e3
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no,
it is2
not3
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*d) |
mo-e1
shuţţi-e2 |
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no1,
it is2
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mo-mo / mo-ama negative
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A: |
izho1
larücü2
shuţţi3
mo4
-mo-e/mo4
-ama5 |
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is not4
today1
a holiday3
for the school2
?5 |
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| B:
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a) |
ove1
shuţţi-e2
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yes1
, it is 2 |
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*b)
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ove1
shuţţi2
mo-e3
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yes1
, it is2
not3
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c) |
mo-e1
shuţţi2
mo-e3
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no1
, it is2
not3
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*d) |
mo-e1
shuţţi-e2
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no1,
it is2
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mo mo affirmative
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296A: |
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izho1
larücü2
shuüţie3
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(is) today1
(a) holiday3
for |
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mo mo-e4
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(the) school2
?4 |
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B: |
a. |
ove1
shuţţi-e2 |
yes1
, it is 2 |
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*b. |
ove1
shuţţi2
mo-e3 |
yes1
, it is2
not3
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c. |
mo-e1
shuţţi2
mo-e3 |
no1
, it is2
not 3 |
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*d.
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mo-e1
shuţţi-e2
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no1
, it is2
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