grammaticalization of negatives/interrogatives

[Balthasar Bickel]

Dear all

re David Gil's question:
Nepali uses this a lot, too, e.g. kahā͂ gayo, lit. 'where did he go?', 
with an extra high-pitch accent on kahā͂ 'where', means 'no way he 
went!'.

	Balthasar.

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