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a syntactic phenomenon found in many languages around the world, in which interrogative words (sometimes called wh-words) or phrases show a special word order. Unlike ordinary phrases, such wh-words appear at the beginning of an interrogative clause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, syntax
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Most English interrogative words start with wh-, for example, who, whom, whose, what, which, when, where, why, etc. (though how is an exception).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Cantonese:
疑問詞移位 /疑问词移位
(ji4 man6 ci4 ji4 wai6)
— special order in interrogative sentences
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Chinese Mandarin:
疑問詞移位 /疑问词移位
(yíwèncí yíwèi)
— special order in interrogative sentences
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French:
mouvement qu-
— special order in interrogative sentences
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Russian:
перемеще́ние вопроси́тельных сло́в
(peremeščénije voprosítelʹnyx slóv)
— special order in interrogative sentences
