InterrogativeAn interrogative clause is a clause whose form is typically associated with question-like meanings. For instance, the English sentence "Is Hannah sick?" has interrogative syntax which distinguishes it from its declarative counterpart "Hannah is sick". Also, the additional question mark closing the statement assures that the reader is informed of the interrogative mood. Interrogative clauses may sometimes be embedded within a phrase, for example: "Paul knows who is sick", where the interrogative clause "who is sick" serves as complement of the embedding verb "know".
Yes–no questionIn linguistics, a yes–no question, also known as a binary question, a polar question, or a general question, is a question whose expected answer is one of two choices, one that provides an affirmative answer to the question versus one that provides a negative answer to the question. Typically, in English, the choices are either "yes" or "no". Yes–no questions present an exclusive disjunction, namely a pair of alternatives of which only one is a felicitous answer.
Déterminant (grammaire)En grammaire, conformément à une définition générale, un déterminant est un terme subordonné à un autre terme, appelé « déterminé » ou « régissant », dans le cadre d’un rapport syntaxique. Le déterminant précise, éclaire ou restreint le sens du déterminé, autrement dit il l’actualise, contribuant à sa réalisation dans la phrase. Quant aux classes de mots qu’il comprend, le terme a un sens restreint, un sens plus large et un sens encore plus large.
AdpositionEn linguistique, une adposition est une catégorie grammaticale de mots-outils immédiatement associés à un élément subordonné appelé complément ou régime et qui en indiquent la relation syntaxique et sémantique avec les autres éléments de la phrase. L'adposition est donc un type de subordonnant.
Do-supportDo-support (periphrastic do or do-insertion), in English grammar, is the use of the auxiliary verb do, including its inflected forms does and did, to form negated clauses and questions as well as other constructions in which subject–auxiliary inversion is required. The verb "do" can be used as an auxiliary even in simple declarative sentences, and it usually serves to add emphasis, as in "I did shut the fridge." However, in the negated and inverted clauses referred to above, it is used because the conventions of Modern English syntax permit these constructions only when an auxiliary is present.
Mot grammaticalEn linguistique, un mot grammatical ou mot-outil désigne la classe grammaticale rassemblant les termes comme les déterminants (articles et adjectifs non qualificatifs), les prépositions, les pronoms et les conjonctions de coordination et de subordination. Quelques caractéristiques de base ci-dessous : Ils sont limités en nombre. La création de nouveaux mots grammaticaux est très rare. Ils sont fréquents et . Ils ne peuvent pas être remplacés par des pronoms. Les mots grammaticaux sont souvent très courts.
Pronunciation of English ⟨wh⟩The pronunciation of the digraph in English has changed over time, and still varies today between different regions and accents. It is now most commonly pronounced /w/, the same as a plain initial , although some dialects, particularly those of Scotland, Ireland, and the Southern United States, retain the traditional pronunciation /hw/, generally realized as ʍ, a voiceless "w" sound. The process by which the historical /hw/ has become /w/ in most modern varieties of English is called the wine–whine merger.
Déterminant possessif en françaisEn grammaire française un déterminant possessif, anciennement dénommé adjectif possessif est une sous-catégorie de déterminant défini, ajoutant à l'actualisation du nom noyau, une idée de possession, de propriété, ou plus simplement, de contiguïté habituelle, en relation avec une personne grammaticale (première, deuxième ou troisième, du singulier ou du pluriel). Dans la catégorie des pronoms, le correspondant de l'adjectif possessif est le pronom possessif.
Content clauseIn grammar, a content clause is a dependent clause that provides content implied or commented upon by an independent clause. The term was coined by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen. They are also known as noun clauses. In English, there are two main kinds of content clauses: declarative content clauses (or that-clauses), which correspond to declarative sentences, and interrogative content clauses, which correspond to interrogative sentences. Declarative content clauses can have a number of different grammatical roles.
ComplementizerIn linguistics (especially generative grammar), a complementizer or complementiser (glossing abbreviation: ) is a (part of speech) that includes those words that can be used to turn a clause into the subject or object of a sentence. For example, the word that may be called a complementizer in English sentences like Mary believes that it is raining. The concept of complementizers is specific to certain modern grammatical theories. In traditional grammar, such words are normally considered conjunctions.
