<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpec90e0a7yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"><div style=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;">Dear all,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;">A student of mine while gathering a spoken corpus for a geographical variety of Persian has noticed that this variety is using a fixed form of the verb to see, 'bin-i' (see-2SG) as polar question marker (1) and in content questions (2,3) along with wh-word:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;">1) bin-i miy-<span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">ād?</span></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"> see-2SG come-3SG</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;">'Does s/he come?'</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;">2) bin-i koj<span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">ā-st?</span></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"><span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> see-2SG where-be.3SG</span></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"><span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> 'Where is s/he?'</span></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"><span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br></span></i></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"> <span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">3) bin-i <span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">ši <span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">šod-e?</span></i></span></span></i></span></span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> see-2SG what become-3SG</span></i></span></span></i></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> 'What happened?'</span></i></span></span></i></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br></span></i></span></span></i></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Two questions:</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">First: Is there any other language which uses a polar question marker originating from verb?</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Second: Is double marking of content questions attested?</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">All the best,</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Mohammad </span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></span></div><div class="ydpec90e0a7signature" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"><div style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><div><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Mohammad Rasekh-Mahand </font></div><div><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Linguistics Department,</font></div><div><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Bu-Ali Sina University, </font></div><div><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Hamedan, Iran.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Postal Code: 6517838695 </font></div><div><a href="https://basu.academia.edu/MohammadRasekhmahand" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">https://basu.academia.edu/MohammadRasekhmahand</font></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>