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Louise Mycock (2004). THE WH-EXPLETIVE CONSTRUCTION.

URL: http://csli-publications.stanford.edu/LFG/9/lfg04mycock.pdf

(Last accessed 2009-07-23).

ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 2457&langcode=hin (2021-05-25).

 

Example #1:

    Siitaa-ne KYAA socaa,            [ki ravii-ne          kis-ko    dekhaa] ?
    Sita-ERG WHAT think.PAST that Ravi-ERG                 who-DAT   see.PAST
    "Who did Sita think that Ravi saw?"
Example #2:

    a. Sitaa-ne KYAA socaa, ki       Ravii-ne kis-ko dekhaa ?
    Sita-ERG WHAT thinks that Ravi-ERG who-DAT see.PAST
    "Who does Sita think Ravi saw?"
Example #3:

    dekhaa ?
    see.PAST
    "Who did Sita think just now that Ravi saw?"
Example #4:

    kon sa aadmii aayaa     thaa]] ?
    which man      came     be.PAST
    "Which man did Ram think that Ravi said came?"
Example #5:

    *John KYAA puuchhtaa hai, [[+Q] Mary kis-se   baat karegii] ?
    John WHAT asks                 Mary who-INS talk.FUT
    "With whom does John ask Mary will talk?"
Example #6:

    *John KYAA jaantaa hai, [[-Q] Mary              Ravi-se   baat karegii] ?
    John WHAT knows              Mary              Ravi-INS talk.FUT
    "With Ravi does John know Mary will           talk?"
Example #7:

    John KYAA jaantaa hai, [[+Q] Mary kis-se    baat karegii] ?
    John WHAT knows              Mary who-INS talk.FUT
    "With whom does John know Mary will talk?"
Example #8:

    yaa nahiiN] ?
    or not
    "Do you think Mary talked to Hans or not?"
Example #9:

    a. Hanna kehti hai ki.
    Hanna says that
    "Hanna says that."
Example #10:

    b. Hanna kyaa soctaa hai ?
    Hanna what thinks
    "What does Hanna think?"
Example #11:

    rahi             hai].
    stay.NON-FIN(F) be.PRES.3SG
    "Only Hanna thinks that it rains."
Example #12:

    dekhaa ?
    see.PAST
    "Who did Sita think that Ravi saw?"
Example #13:

    *Koi bhii nahii KYAA soctaa thaa,       ki   kon aayegaa ?
    no-one         WHAT thinks     be.PAST that who come.FUT
    % "Who did no-one think will come?"
Example #14:

    Sitaa-ne KYAA socaa, ki       Ravii-ne kis-ko dekhaa ?
    Sita-ERG WHAT thinks that Ravi-ERG who-DAT see.PAST
    "Who does Sita think Ravi saw?"