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

Latest revision as of 22:05, 6 September 2013

Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(3))

An robh thu sgith?
C.Q be.PST you tired
'Were you tired?'

Negative Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(6))

Nach robh thu sgith?
C.Q.NEG be.PST you tired
'Weren't you tired?'


how to answer: yes or no