| 单词 | x-question |
| 释义 | > as lemmasx-question h. x-question (Linguistics) (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > use of interrogative > types of question x-question1924 tag question1933 reversed polarity1957 wh-question1957 1924 O. Jespersen Philos. Gram. xxii. 303 In the other kind of questions we have an unknown ‘quantity’... We may therefore use the well-known symbol x for the unknown and the term x-question for a question aiming at finding out what x stands for. 1957 S. Potter Mod. Ling. iii. 71 Tune 1 falls after the turn. It is used in completed statements, in direct commands, and in special or x-questions which cannot be answered by ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and which are generally introduced by an interrogative pronoun or adverb. 1964 M. Chapallaz in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 306 X-questions, that is, questions beginning with a specific interrogative word. < as lemmas |
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