- interrogative clause
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interrogative clause
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Interrogative word — In linguistics, an interrogative word is a function word used for the item interrupted in an information statement. Interrogative words are sometimes also called wh words because most of English interrogative words start with wh . In English,… … Wikipedia
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interrogative — [[t]ɪ̱ntərɒ̱gətɪv[/t]] interrogatives 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n An interrogative gesture or tone of voice shows that you want to know the answer to a question. [WRITTEN] Donovan cocked an interrogative eye at his companion, who nodded in reply.… … English dictionary
Relative clause — A relative clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun. For example, the noun phrase the man who wasn t there contains the noun man , which is modified by the relative clause who wasn t there . In many languages, relative clauses are… … Wikipedia
Content clause — In grammar, a content clause is a subordinate clause that provides content implied by, or commented upon by, its main clause. The term was coined by Otto Jespersen. There are two main kinds of content clauses: declarative content clauses (or that … Wikipedia
Dependent clause — In linguistics, a dependent clause (sometimes called a subordinate clause) is a clause that augments an independent clause with additional information, but which cannot stand alone as a sentence. Dependent clauses modify the independent clause of … Wikipedia
Wh-movement — (or wh fronting or wh extraction) is a syntactic phenomenon found in many languages around the world, in which interrogative words (sometimes called wh words ) show a special word order. Unlike ordinary phrases, such wh words appear at the… … Wikipedia
Neo-Mandaic — Mandāyí, Raṭnā Pronunciation [mændɔːˈji], [rætˤnɔ] Spoken in Iran, Iraq (extinct) Native speakers ca. 500 … Wikipedia
Subject (grammar) — ExamplesSidebar|35%|In the sentences below, the subjects are indicated in boldface. # The dictionary helps me find words. # Ice cream appeared on the table. # The man that is sitting over there told me that he just bought a ticket to Tahiti. #… … Wikipedia
Interrogatives in Esperanto — In Esperanto there are two kinds of interrogatives: yes no interrogatives, and correlative interrogatives. Yes no interrogatives Yes no interrogatives are questions which can be answered with yes or no . They are formed in Esperanto by starting… … Wikipedia
þonne — adv, conj then; therefore, wherefore; yet; while, when; thereafter, henceforth; rather than; since; although; (with comparatives) than; þonne…þonne when…then; þonne hwæðere yet, nevertheless; þonne gýt as yet, even; þonne þe since; generally if… … Old to modern English dictionary
