Yes No Questions - Revision history

Jhchoi at 22:05, 6 September 2013

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Jhchoi at 22:04, 6 September 2013

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AndrewCarnie at 18:30, 7 May 2012

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AndrewCarnie at 18:14, 7 May 2012

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AndrewCarnie at 01:15, 25 June 2009

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WikiSysop: Created page with 'Category:Syntax'

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Created page with 'Category:Syntax'

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[[Category:Syntax]]

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 Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(3))
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 |colspan="2"| 'Weren't you tired?'
 |}

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	+	Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(3))
	+
	+	:{\|
	+	\|An
	+	\|robh
	+	\|thu
	+	\|sgith?
	+	\|-
	+	\|C.Q
	+	\|be.PST
	+	\|you
	+	\|tired
	+	\|-
	+	\|colspan="2"\| 'Were you tired?'
	+	\|}
	+
	+	Negative Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(6))
	+
	+	:{\|
	+	\|Nach
	+	\|robh
	+	\|thu
	+	\|sgith?
	+	\|-
	+	\|C.Q.NEG
	+	\|be.PST
	+	\|you
	+	\|tired
	+	\|-
	+	\|colspan="2"\| 'Weren't you tired?'
	+	\|}
	+
	+	Embedded question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(4))
	+	:{\|
	+	\|Dh'fhaignich
	+	\|e
	+	\|an
	+	\|robh
	+	\|thu
	+	\|sgith.
	+	\|-
	+	\|ask.PST
	+	\|he
	+	\|C.Q
	+	\|be.PST
	+	\|you
	+	\|tired
	+	\|-
	+	\|colspan="2"\| 'He asked if you were tired.'
	+	\|}
	+
	+	Negative embedded question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(8))
	+	:{\|
	+	\|Dh'fhaignich
	+	\|e
	+	\|nach
	+	\|robh
	+	\|thu
	+	\|sgith.
	+	\|-
	+	\|ask.PST
	+	\|he
	+	\|C.Q.NEG
	+	\|be.PST
	+	\|you
	+	\|tired
	+	\|-
	+	\|colspan="2"\| 'He asked if you weren't tired.'
	+	\|}
	+
	+	Wh-question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(12))
	+
	+	:{\|
	+	\|Cò
	+	\|a
	+	\|bha
	+	\|sgith?
	+	\|-
	+	\|who
	+	\|C.REL
	+	\|be.PST
	+	\|tired
	+	\|-
	+	\|colspan="2"\| 'Who was tired?'
	+	\|}
	+
	+	Equative wh-question when the subject is a wh-element ((Adger and Ramchand 2005:(15))
	+
	+	:{\|
	+	\|Cò
	+	\|an
	+	\|tidsear?
	+	\|-
	+	\|who
	+	\|the
	+	\|teacher
	+	\|-
	+	\|colspan="2"\| 'Who is the teacher?'
	+	\|}
	+
	+	Pied-piped wh-question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(21))
	+	:{\|
	+	\|Dè
	+	\|an
	+	\|seòrsa
	+	\|tidsear
	+	\|a
	+	\|tha
	+	\|annad?
	+	\|-
	+	\|what
	+	\|the
	+	\|sort
	+	\|teacher
	+	\|C.REL
	+	\|is
	+	\|in + you
	+	\|-
	+	\|colspan="2"\| 'What sort of teacher are you?'
	+	\|}
	+
	+	Fronted wh-phrases are always nominative marked (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)).
	+	:{\|
	+	\|Dè
	+	\|a'
	+	\|chraobh
	+	\|a
	+	\|bha
	+	\|thu
	+	\|a'geàrradh?
	+	\|-
	+	\|which
	+	\|the
	+	\|tree.NOM
	+	\|C.REL
	+	\|be.PST
	+	\|you
	+	\|cutting
	+	\|-
	+	\|colspan="2"\| 'Which tree were you cutting?'
	+	\|}
	+
	+	The sentence becomes ungrammatical with genietive marking on the noun inside the wh-phrase (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)),
	+	:{\|
	+	\|Dè
	+	\|a'
	+	\|chraobhe
	+	\|a
	+	\|bha
	+	\|thu
	+	\|a'geàrradh?
	+	\|-
	+	\|which
	+	\|the
	+	\|tree.GEN
	+	\|C.REL
	+	\|be.PST
	+	\|you
	+	\|cutting
	+	\|-
	+	\|colspan="2"\| 'Which tree were you cutting?'
	+	\|}
	+
	+	although the object noun is marked with genitive in declaratives (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(30))
	+	:{\|
	+	\|Bha
	+	\|thu
	+	\|a'geàrradh
	+	\|na
	+	\|craoibhe.
	+	\|-
	+	\|be.PST
	+	\|you
	+	\|cutting
	+	\|the
	+	\|tree.GEN
	+	\|-
	+	\|coldspan="2"\| 'You were cutting the tree.'

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 [[Category:Questions]]

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