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Broadwell, George Aaron Branching consistency as a constraint on Zapotec syntax
URL: http://www.albany.edu/anthro/fac/broadwell/cls2002.pdf
(Last accessed 2005-03-29).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 915&langcode=ztu (2021-07-08).
Example #1:
7) a. Juáàny ù-dàù tyóp gèhèht.
Juan com-eat two tortilla
`Juan ate two tortillas.'
Example #2:
b. ¿Xhíí tyóp ù-dàù Juààny?
what two com-eat Juan
`What did Juan ea t two of?'
Example #3:
10) ¿Túú ù-dííny Juààny cùn yààg?
what com-hit Juan with stick
`What (anim.) did Juan hit with a stick ?'
Example #4:
24) ¿Xhíí ìrájtè ù-dàù Juààny?
what all com-eat Juan
`What did Juan ea t all of?'
Example #5:
27) ¿Xhíí chìngáàd ù-dàù Juáàny?
what the:hell com-eat Juan
`What the hell di d Juan eat?'
Example #6:
33) *¿Túú=réé líèhz cuágìì?
who=pl p:house com:burn
(`The house of which people burned down?')8
Example #7:
¿Túú réé=líèhz cuágìì?
who pl=p:house com:burn
`The houses of which p erson burned down?'
Example #8:
44) *¿Túú=réé líèhz cuágìì? [double inversion]
who=pl p:house com:burn
(`The house of which people burned down?')