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certainty. Often, a singular ignorative stem may serve a variety of interrogative functions that would be expressed by different lexical items in, say, English through contextual variation and interaction with other
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English questions can also be formed without an interrogative word as the first word, by changing the intonation or punctuation of a statement. For example: "You're done eating?"
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Mushin (1995) and Verstraete (2018) provide detailed overviews of the broader functions of ignoratives in an array of languages. The latter focuses on the lexeme
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are a diverse set of lexical items with functions extending far beyond simply the formation of questions (though this is one of their uses). These pronominal
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Verstraete, Jean-Christophe (2018-09-10), Olmen, Daniël; Mortelmans, Tanja; Brisard, Frank (eds.), "'Perhaps' in Cape York Peninsula",
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Interrogative words in English can serve as interrogative determiners, interrogative pronouns, or interrogative adverbs. Certain
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Other closely related languages, however, have less interrelated ways of forming wh-questions with separate
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For more information about the grammatical rules for using formed questions in various languages, see
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A frequent class of interrogative words in several other languages is the interrogative verb:
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is an interrogative pronoun because it stands in the place of a noun or noun phrase (e.g.
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As more emphatic interrogative words, often expressing disbelief or puzzlement in mainly
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because it stands in the place of the noun or noun phrase the question prompts (e.g.
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because their broader function is to convey differing degrees of perceptual or
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A grammar of Wardaman : a language of the Northern Territory of Australia
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may come to mean 'what,' 'where,' 'why,' or 'how' through combination with
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Words that indicate a question is being asked, as a grammatical category
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A Grammar of Jingulu : an Aboriginal language of the Northern Territory
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Some of these words have also developed independent meanings, such as
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Yes–no questions can begin with an interrogative particle, such as:
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contrast with other interrogative words, which form what are called
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Mushin, Liana (June 1995). "Epistememes in Australian languages∗".
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Note, in direct questions, interrogative adverbs always describe
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prompting a specification for the possessor of the noun phrase
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Whoever could have done such a thing? Wherever has he gone?
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is an interrogative adverb because it describes the verb
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You do.what-CONC small child not that I think-PROG-NPAST
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is an interrogative adverb because it modifies the verb
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are interrogative pronouns when used in the place of a
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when used to prompt the specification of a presented
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This includes 988:with the meaning "no matter where/who/etc.": 469: 461: 454: 446: 366:, which serves to convert a statement into a 84:The examples and perspective in this article 8: 767:is an interrogative determiner for the noun 539: 533: 500: 64:Learn how and when to remove these messages 2015: 1906: 1892: 1884: 1743: 1741: 781:where, when, how, why, whether, whatsoever 1862: 1852: 1207:-vch jaahan huuhed bish gej bi bod-jii-ne 799:when they modify a verb. In the question 246:Learn how and when to remove this message 228:Learn how and when to remove this message 126:Learn how and when to remove this message 1630:gear IGNOR leave-PST=1PL.EXCL.NOM behind 1737: 951:Whoever challenges us shall be punished 1627:yukurun ngaani yitha-n=antyampa kuura 1556:Ngaani-ku mi'athi-ngka=uurra-athungku 7: 990:Wherever they hide, I will find them 761:Which road leads to the city center? 166:adding citations to reliable sources 1699:today good 3SG.NOM IGNOR see-IMPERF 751:for. Consequently, in the question 634:where the interrogative determiner 1361:nyamba-mbili-kaji mankiyi-mindi-ju 871:(e.g. "Do you want fries?") - see 638:prompts specification of the noun 25: 1810:Australian Journal of Linguistics 1696:Yupa miintha iluwa ngaani ngama-l 1559:IGNOR-DAT cry-PRS=2PL.NOM-1SG.ACC 1449:IGNOR-INST-through 2SG-go.FUT-FOC 1364:IGNOR-LOC-through sit-1DU.INCL-do 911:. (Older forms of the suffix are 45:This article has multiple issues. 1008:as an emphatic adverb used with 647:gorgeous, pink painting is that? 142: 75: 34: 2767:Interrogative words and phrases 1845:Aspects of Linguistic Variation 1446:Nyamba-arndi-kaji nya-rriyi-rni 1259:, for example, the single stem 1228:Australian Aboriginal languages 1218:Australian Aboriginal languages 753:Which leads to the city center? 153:needs additional citations for 53:or discuss these issues on the 1562:Why are you all crying for me? 1026:I did nothing wrong whatsoever 873:Do-support § In questions 716:). Similarly, in the question 566:rather than yes–no questions. 432: 426: 1: 1779:. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 1405:IGNOR-DAT scratch-1SG-REFL-do 1402:Nyamba-rna arrkuja-nga-nku-ju 345:The country where he was born 305:. They are sometimes called 1702:Perhaps she is better today. 842:did, do, should, will, must, 1775:Merlan, Francesca. (1994). 1530:mi'athi-ngka=uurra-athungku 957:. 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