In this previous post and this previous post, I discussed the unusual thinking construction in Copala Triqui. The examples for today show the combination of a question and the thinking construction. In Triqui, ga is the usual question particle for wh-questions, and na' is for yes-no questions. Note that in these examples, the choice of question particle is sensitive to the main question -- not the 'do you think' part of the sentence.
That seems to imply to me that the constituency has the rá NP portion as a parenthetical, and the question particle goes with the main sentence, roughly
[abc [rá NP] question particle]
where abc represents the clause that is being thought about.
That seems to imply to me that the constituency has the rá NP portion as a parenthetical, and the question particle goes with the main sentence, roughly
[abc [rá NP] question particle]
where abc represents the clause that is being thought about.
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