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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |-
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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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| − | |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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| − | |coldspan="2"| 'You were cutting the tree.'
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Latest revision as of 16:05, 6 September 2013
Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(3))
| An
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robh
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thu
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sgith?
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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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| 'Were you tired?'
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Negative Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(6))
| Nach
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robh
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thu
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sgith?
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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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| 'Weren't you tired?'
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how to answer: yes or no
