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Chapter Nine: Wh-clauses and WH-questions

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Chapter Nine: Wh-clauses and WH-questions

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What is the effect of including a wh-word in a main clause?

It transforms it into a wh-question. (correct)

It makes it into a statement.

It turns it into a yes/no question.

It converts it into an exclamation.

What type of questions are WH-questions?

Constituent questions (correct)

Yes/no questions

Rhetorical questions

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What is the movement to the front of the sentence of a WH-expression called?

WH-fronting (correct)

S-bar movement

Auxiliary-fronting

C-position movement

What does auxiliary-fronting show in addition to WH-fronting?

Movement of the tensed auxiliary Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence 'He is feeding [which kids]', what does auxiliary-fronting give?

[Which kids] he is feeding Signup and view all the answers

What type of clauses include a wh-word?

Subordinate clauses Signup and view all the answers

What is the major contrast between that/whether in C1 and the wh-expressions in C2?

That/whether are simply complementisers, while wh-expressions can be fronted from a subordinate clause. Signup and view all the answers

In which position does the WH expression move to?

C2 Signup and view all the answers

What kind of clauses do subordinate interrogative clauses allude to?

Main clauses Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the yes/no complementiser whether in a subordinate clause?

To introduce a gap in the subordinate clause Signup and view all the answers

Why can't subordinate interrogative clauses be used to ask questions?

Because they allude to questions without directly asking them Signup and view all the answers

What is the position of the yes/no complementiser whether in relation to that?

It originates from within the clause it introduces, just like that. Signup and view all the answers

What does auxiliary-fronting occur only in?