Hindi-Urdu interrogative particles #
Hindi-Urdu has no polar wh-complementizer (English whether, Italian
se): finite complements of every clause type are introduced by the
general subordinator ki (compare Hungarian hogy), and matrix polar
questions are marked by rising intonation plus the optional particle
kya:. kya: occurs in polar and alternative but not constituent
questions and occupies a projection above CP (Bhatt and Dayal's ForceP,
Dayal's later PerspP); it embeds only in quasi-subordination. Since
nothing clause-types a bare embedded polar clause, subordinated polar
questions require the overt alternative ya: nahii: "or not". This file
provides the three particles as Particle values with recorded
licensing distributions.
Main declarations #
HindiUrdu.Particles.kya— the polar question particle.HindiUrdu.Particles.ki— the general subordinator.HindiUrdu.Particles.ya_nahi— the overt polar alternative.
References #
ki is the general subordinator, distinct from the homophonous disjunction ki of alternative questions.
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kya: is a polar question particle.
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ya: nahii: "or not" is the overt disjunct forming a polar alternative question.
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All Hindi-Urdu question-formation particles indexed in this file.