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Glossary term W

Wh-Question

Also known as Content Question, Question Word Question, Information Question

Definition

A wh-question is a question that contains an interrogative pro-form.

Examples

A wh-question is a question that contains an interrogative pro-form.

  • who
  • what
  • when
  • where
  • why
  • how

See also

Interrogative Pro-Form

Sources 4

  1. Elson and Pickett 1988, 110
  2. Crystal 1980, 294, 383
  3. Lyons 1977b, 757
  4. Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 817, 819
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