Documenting questions and
their answers
Lauren Gawne
The University of Melbourne
ALS 2013
2nd of October
, 2
Outline
• The importance of questions and answers
• Background on Lamjung Yolmo
• Methodology for eliciting questions and answers
• Question and answer structures
• Questions and answers constructing knowledge
• Conclusion
, 3
Outline
• The importance of questions and answers
• Background on Lamjung Yolmo
• Methodology for eliciting questions and answers
• Question and answer structures
• Questions and answers constructing knowledge
• Conclusion
, 4
Questions in grammatical description
• A great deal of attention has been given to the
cross-linguistic variation of the grammatical
structure of interrogative clauses
• The need to record interrogative structures is
often mentioned in the language documentation
literature
their answers
Lauren Gawne
The University of Melbourne
ALS 2013
2nd of October
, 2
Outline
• The importance of questions and answers
• Background on Lamjung Yolmo
• Methodology for eliciting questions and answers
• Question and answer structures
• Questions and answers constructing knowledge
• Conclusion
, 3
Outline
• The importance of questions and answers
• Background on Lamjung Yolmo
• Methodology for eliciting questions and answers
• Question and answer structures
• Questions and answers constructing knowledge
• Conclusion
, 4
Questions in grammatical description
• A great deal of attention has been given to the
cross-linguistic variation of the grammatical
structure of interrogative clauses
• The need to record interrogative structures is
often mentioned in the language documentation
literature