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Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(3))
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:{|
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|An
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|robh
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|thu
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|sgith?
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|-
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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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|-
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|colspan="2"| 'Were you tired?'
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|}
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Negative Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(6))
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:{|
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|Nach
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|robh
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|thu
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|sgith?
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|-
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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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|-
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|colspan="2"| 'Weren't you tired?'
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|}
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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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|-
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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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|-
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|colspan="2"| 'He asked if you were tired.'
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|}
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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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|-
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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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|-
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|colspan="2"| 'He asked if you weren't tired.'
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|}
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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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|-
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|colspan="2"| 'Who was tired?'
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|}
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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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|-
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|colspan="2"| 'Who is the teacher?'
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|}
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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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|}
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Fronted wh-phrases are always nominative marked (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)).
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:{|
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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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|-
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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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|-
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|colspan="2"| 'Which tree were you cutting?'
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|}
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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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|-
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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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|-
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|colspan="2"| 'Which tree were you cutting?'
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|}
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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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|-
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|coldspan="2"| 'You were cutting the tree.'
  
  

Revision as of 16:04, 6 September 2013

Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(3))

An robh thu sgith?
C.Q be.PST you tired
'Were you tired?'

Negative Yes/No question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(6))

Nach robh thu sgith?
C.Q.NEG be.PST you tired
'Weren't you tired?'

Embedded question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(4))

Dh'fhaignich e an robh thu sgith.
ask.PST he C.Q be.PST you tired
'He asked if you were tired.'

Negative embedded question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(8))

Dh'fhaignich e nach robh thu sgith.
ask.PST he C.Q.NEG be.PST you tired
'He asked if you weren't tired.'

Wh-question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(12))

Cò a bha sgith?
who C.REL be.PST tired
'Who was tired?'

Equative wh-question when the subject is a wh-element ((Adger and Ramchand 2005:(15))

Cò an tidsear?
who the teacher
'Who is the teacher?'

Pied-piped wh-question (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(21))

Dè an seòrsa tidsear a tha annad?
what the sort teacher C.REL is in + you
'What sort of teacher are you?'

Fronted wh-phrases are always nominative marked (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)).

Dè a' chraobh a bha thu a'geàrradh?
which the tree.NOM C.REL be.PST you cutting
'Which tree were you cutting?'

The sentence becomes ungrammatical with genietive marking on the noun inside the wh-phrase (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(31)),

Dè a' chraobhe a bha thu a'geàrradh?
which the tree.GEN C.REL be.PST you cutting
'Which tree were you cutting?'

although the object noun is marked with genitive in declaratives (Adger and Ramchand 2005:(30))

Bha thu a'geàrradh na craoibhe.
be.PST you cutting the tree.GEN
'You were cutting the tree.'


how to answer: yes or no

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