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74: Who questions the questions?

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

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How to Mark Questions in Papua New Guinea

Yell'e Din'e is a language spoken in Russell Island of Papua New Guinea. People can still tell if a question is being asked because of the informational mismatch between what you think the other person is likely to know and what they're actually saying. So that's all the strategies we've discussed so far, having ways of rearranging or adding words or using intonation to mark questions. In fact, the more important thing is just to think about who is likely to have information and who has the right to ask Questions.

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