Comparative Concept: information question construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
information question construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | information question construction |
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Definition
the construction expressing an information question - function. Example: Who is coming? is an instance of the English information question construction, expecting an answer identifying the person(s) who is/are coming. Information questions, unlike polarity questions, contain an interrogative pronoun. (Section 12.3.1)