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• Question
  A '''question''' is a kind of [[sentence]] or [[clause]] by which the [[speaker]] asks th [[Embedded question]]s are not strictly speaking sentences by which the speaker asks for inform
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• Echo question
  An '''echo question''' is a [[question]] that directly takes up (or "echoes") part of a declarative sentence made This type of question is usually considered irrelevant in the discussion of ''wh''-movement (''Wh
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• Polar question
  ...y allows a 'yes' or a 'no' answer. It is most often opposed to a [[content question]], which has to be answered by providing more specific information. *[[yes-no question]]
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• Content question
  A '''content question''' is a [[question]] with which the speaker asks the hearer to supply specific information abo *[[wh-question]]
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• Wh-question
  ...on containing a [[wh-element|''wh''-element]]. Distinguished from [[yes-no question]]. Altrnative spellings are ''WH-question'' and '''''wh''-question''' (with only the first element italicized).
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• Indirect question
  An '''indirect question''' is a [[question]] which is [[embedding|embedded]] in a (declarative) [[sentence]]: The clause between brackets is an indirect question.
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• Multiple question
  Question with more than one [[wh-phrase]]. ''Who bought what?'' In English, a multiple question has all but one of its ''wh''-phrases in situ, since only one ''wh''-phrase
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• Yes-no question
  '''Yes-no question''' is a [[question]] that must be [[answer]]ed by "''yes''" or "''no''". Opposed to [[wh-question]].
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• Question
  A '''question''' is a kind of [[sentence]] or [[clause]] by which the [[speaker]] asks th [[Embedded question]]s are not strictly speaking sentences by which the speaker asks for inform
  921 bytes (108 words) - 15:59, 2 September 2008
• Content question
  A '''content question''' is a [[question]] with which the speaker asks the hearer to supply specific information abo *[[wh-question]]
  438 bytes (55 words) - 16:35, 27 June 2014
• Wh-question
  ...on containing a [[wh-element|''wh''-element]]. Distinguished from [[yes-no question]]. Altrnative spellings are ''WH-question'' and '''''wh''-question''' (with only the first element italicized).
  933 bytes (121 words) - 15:38, 10 June 2009
• Indirect question
  An '''indirect question''' is a [[question]] which is [[embedding|embedded]] in a (declarative) [[sentence]]: The clause between brackets is an indirect question.
  372 bytes (51 words) - 17:03, 15 February 2009
• Polar question
  ...y allows a 'yes' or a 'no' answer. It is most often opposed to a [[content question]], which has to be answered by providing more specific information. *[[yes-no question]]
  430 bytes (55 words) - 08:29, 1 June 2014
• Yes-no question
  '''Yes-no question''' is a [[question]] that must be [[answer]]ed by "''yes''" or "''no''". Opposed to [[wh-question]].
  363 bytes (49 words) - 18:49, 7 September 2014
• Echo question
  An '''echo question''' is a [[question]] that directly takes up (or "echoes") part of a declarative sentence made This type of question is usually considered irrelevant in the discussion of ''wh''-movement (''Wh
  864 bytes (122 words) - 16:31, 13 February 2009
• Wh-infinitive
  A '''wh-infinitive''' is an [[indirect question|indirect]] [[constituent question]] whose [[predicate]] is in the [[infinitive]] form.
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• Focus (phonetics)
  ...n: Did you see a grey dog or a cat? Answer: I saw [a grey DOG]. <br /> (2) Question: Did you see a grey dog or a grey cat? Answer: I saw a grey [DOG]. <br /> I
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• Multiple question
  Question with more than one [[wh-phrase]]. ''Who bought what?'' In English, a multiple question has all but one of its ''wh''-phrases in situ, since only one ''wh''-phrase
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• Indirekter Fragesatz
  englisch [[indirect question]], [[embedded question]]
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• Sluicing
  '''Sluicing''' is reducing a [[wh-question|''wh''-question]] to its [[wh-phrase|''wh''-phrase(s)]] in a [[context]] where the omitted Sentences like (i) raise the question whether there is an [[empty category]] following ''which sonata's'', and if
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• Selectional restrictions
  ...ty'' both restrictions are violated, rendering the sentence anomalous. The question whether selectional restrictions should be treated in syntax or semantics,
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• Illocutionary force
  '''Illocutionary force''' is the status of an utterance as a question, promise, threat, etc. This term should not be confused with [[illocutionar ...now what time it is''? is uttered with the illocutionary force of a yes-no question, but uttering it is an illocutionary act of a request: it would be improper
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• Look-ahead model
  ...a sound permits it (i.e. if the sound is underspecified for the feature in question), the articulators are brought into the position necessary for the particul
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• Movement
  ...movement: the effect is invisible at the level of PF. Thus in a [[multiple question]] like ''Who saw what'', the second ''wh''-phrase ''what'' is covertly move
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• Lexical relatedness
  ...er only in a head position or in the non-head position. Williams views the question of bracketing paradoxes from the perspective of a concept of relatedness be
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• Wh-phrase
  '''Wh-phrase''' is a [[constituent]] that is somehow characterized as a [[question operator]]. A ''wh''-phrase can be a word, ''what'' in (i)a, or an entire p
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• Morpheme-based morphology
  ...ther hand, it is allowed to generate these verbs by prefixation rules. The question whether morphology is word based or morpheme based is still alive, and yet
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• Intonation
  ...onsonants and vowels. It might tell the listener whether the sentence is a question or a statement, or whether more will follow. Intonation may also signal dif
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• Synonym
  ...forms may be associated with the same meaning: in which case the words in question are '''synonym'''s.
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• Focus (information structure)
  :Question: ''WHERE did you go yesterday?'' :Question: ''What has happened to your wife?''
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• Affix substitution
  ...another [[affix]]. As a consequence of this operation, the two affixes in question cannot co-occur. Affix substitution is an alternative to [[truncation]].
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• Absorption
  ...), and has been proposed as an account of the interpretation of [[multiple question]]s.
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• Labeled bracketing
  ...scripts, so-called [[label]]s, which state the [[category]] of the unit in question.
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• Wackernagel clitic
  The Russian question particle ''li'' is such a clitic, e.g. ''Znaet li on ob ètom?'' [knows PTC
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• Alternativfrage
  *englisch [[alternative question]]
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• Presupposition
  ...n, then the presupposition is the information that was already part of the question.
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• Multiple wh fronting
  In some languages, all [[wh-element]]s in a [[multiple question]] must be fronted.
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• Turkic
  ...guages are so closely related that the validity of the family was never in question. It was first described in some detail by Lemaréchal 1775.
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• Declarative sentence
  Sentences expressing a question or command are not declarative.
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• Functional projection
  A fundamental question is whether there is a limit to the number of [[functional category|function
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• Dative movement
  ...m [[dative alternation]] is now mostly used for the English alternation in question.
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• Maxim of relevance
  ...". Leech states that the speaker strives for a certain goal by stating his question and that the hearer adopts this goal when giving an answer. ...given. B’s answer in the second example appears not to be relevant to the question at first sight. However, the second example could still be relevant to the
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• Dative transformation
  ...m [[dative alternation]] is now mostly used for the English alternation in question.
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• Vacuous Movement Hypothesis
  ...o the specifier position of the CP (as is the standard assumption for [[wh-question]]s), but remains in situ.
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• Extension
  ...es, or corresponding signs that are implied or suggested by the concept in question.
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• Truncation
  As a consequence of this operation, the two affixes in question cannot co-occur. Truncation is an alternative to [[affix substitution]], an
  2 KB (265 words) - 08:03, 30 August 2014
• Coindexing
  ...ting either that they share the same [[reference]] (in case the [[NP]]s in question may be interpreted as referential expressions) or that one (typically a [[p
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• Uniqueness
  ...and that there is exactly one (uniqueness). A point of debate has been the question whether existence and uniqueness should be treated as part of the assertion
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• Morphological component
  A component in the grammar in which the [[word formation rule]]s apply. The question whether there is actually an autonomous morphological component is yet unre
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• Pretence
  ...ot herself performing a speech act such as making an assertion or asking a question, but pretending to perform it (or, in more elaborate versions, pretending t
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• Entscheidungsfrage
  Chinesisch [[一般疑问句]] <br> Englisch [[yes-no question]] <br>Französisch [[interrogation totale]] <br>
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• Lexicalization (in neurocognitive linguistics)
  ...a typical speaker's receptive and productive experience with the words in question, it seems reasonable to assume that he/she might either have no single node
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• Proposition
  The proposition {<Carla> [close window]} is identically equal to the question “Does Carla close the window?” or the sentences “Carla closes the win
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• Attract
  ...ment is always on the target. This has empirical advantages. In [[multiple question]]s in English, only one wh-element moves to C: (i) Who saw what? (i) shows
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• Lexical Functional Grammar
  ...-focus and object. It occupies the position associated in English with the question-focus function, and the constraints of the language allow it to take on the
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• Echofrage
  Englisch [[echo question]] <br> Französisch [[question en écho]] <br>
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• Determiner
  ...nstratives (''this'', ''those'', etc.), possessives (''his'', ''John's''), question words (''which''), and quantifiers (''all'', etc.) The indefinite article '
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• Lexeme (in neurocognitive linguistics)
  ...n. As this cardinal node is unique to the functional web of the lexeme in question, we can also refer just to it as the internal representation of the lexeme.
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