Interrogative Mood
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An Interrogative Mood is a grammatical mood that ...
- See: Glossing Abbreviation, Question, Sentence (Linguistics), Epistemic Modality, Inflection, Yes–no Question, Interrogative Word, Word Order, Grammatical Particle, Intonation (Linguistics).
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2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrogative Retrieved:2017-6-19.
- Interrogative is a term used in grammar to refer to features that form questions. Thus, an interrogative sentence is a sentence whose grammatical form indicates that it is a question. Such sentences are sometimessaid to exhibit an interrogative mood — thus treating interrogative as one of the grammatical moods,specifically a type of epistemic mood. This applies particularly to languages that use different inflected verb forms to make questions.
Interrogative sentences can serve as yes–no questions or as wh-questions, the latter being formed using an interrogative word such as who, which, where or how to specify the information required. Different languages have different ways of forming questions, including the use of different word order and the insertion of interrogative particles. Questions are also frequently marked by intonation, in particular a rising intonation pattern – in some languages this may be the sole method of distinguishing a yes–no question from a declarative statement.
Interrogative mood or other interrogative forms may be denoted by the glossing abbreviation .
- Interrogative is a term used in grammar to refer to features that form questions. Thus, an interrogative sentence is a sentence whose grammatical form indicates that it is a question. Such sentences are sometimessaid to exhibit an interrogative mood — thus treating interrogative as one of the grammatical moods,specifically a type of epistemic mood. This applies particularly to languages that use different inflected verb forms to make questions.