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Linglib.Phenomena.Questions.Studies.Dryer2013

Dryer (2013): WALS chapters on question formation (92A, 93A, 116A) #

@cite{dryer-2013-wals} @cite{wals-2013}

WALS chapters by Matthew S. Dryer covering question typology:

This study file holds cross-linguistic generalisations that consume the Fragment-side def question : QuestionProfile data with non-trivial semantic content. Per-language Fragment-vs-WALS data-equality theorems are deliberately absent — verifying that Fragments.X.Questions.question.field equals Data.WALS.lookup "iso" is "encoding conclusions as definitions": the typed Fragment value already encodes the WALS coding at definition site, and the substrate's distribution theorems already capture the corpus-level claims.

WALS aggregate sample-size theorems live in Linglib/Typology/Question.lean.

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def Phenomena.Questions.Studies.Dryer2013.allQuestionProfiles :
List Typology.Question.QuestionProfile

The 6-language sample drawn from per-language Fragment Question files. Italian + Singlish are partial (not in all WALS chapters).

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    theorem Phenomena.Questions.Studies.Dryer2013.sample_size :
    allQuestionProfiles.length = 6

    Sample size including the contact-variety Singlish entry.

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    theorem Phenomena.Questions.Studies.Dryer2013.in_situ_count :
    (List.filter (fun (p : Typology.Question.QuestionProfile) => p.whMovement == some Typology.Question.WhMovementStrategy.inSitu) allQuestionProfiles).length = 3

    Sample distribution: wh-in-situ is the most common wh-strategy in this 6-language sample (Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin) — three of six.

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    theorem Phenomena.Questions.Studies.Dryer2013.particle_polar_count :
    (List.filter (fun (p : Typology.Question.QuestionProfile) => p.polarStrategy == some Typology.Question.PolarQuestionStrategy.particle) allQuestionProfiles).length = 4

    Sample distribution: particle-based polar strategy dominates this sample (Hindi, Japanese, Singlish, Mandarin) — four of six.