Rarotongan Sentence Structures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2825218 |
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| Authors | A D H Bivar (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 632-645 |
| Publication date | 1963-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00070361 |
| OpenAlex | W2123630289 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Rarotongan sentences may be classed broadly as statements, unmarked questions, and marked questions. Statements have an intonation contour characterized by a final fall; unmarked questions are segmentally identical with statements, but have an intonation contour characterized by a final rise-fall and generally require a yes-or-no answer; marked questions contain one of four interrogatives, a?a 'what ?', ?ai 'who ?', ?ea 'where ?, when ?', ?ia 'how many ?', are characterized by a final rise in the intonation contour, and cannot be answered by a simple 'yes' or 'no
Epistemology · Interrogative word · Intonation (linguistics) · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Sentence · Simple (philosophy) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Highly cited | No |
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