Definition of wh-question in English:
wh-question
noundʌbljuːˈeɪtʃkwɛstʃəndəbljuːˈeɪtʃˌkwestʃən
A question in English introduced by a wh-word, that requires information in answer, rather than yes or no.
Example sentencesExamples
- Asking ‘wh-questions’ (why, what etc.) would be fatal as it will inevitably invite shoe-beats.
- As reported earlier in this paper, fathers use both unmitigated directives and wh-questions (which could serve to extend children's topics) more frequently than do mothers.
- De Villiers found that deaf students between 6 and 14 years of age almost always produced the right kind of wh-question for the appropriate situation.
- Many of these questions are wh-questions (who, where, why) as differentiated from mothers' preference for yes/no questions.
- There are eight wh-questions, which, what, who, whom, whose, when, where and why and to this list we usually add how as they are all used to elicit particular kinds of information.
Definition of wh-question in US English:
wh-question
noundəbljuːˈeɪtʃˌkwestʃən
A question in English introduced by a wh-word and requiring more information in reply than simply yes or no.
Example sentencesExamples
- There are eight wh-questions, which, what, who, whom, whose, when, where and why and to this list we usually add how as they are all used to elicit particular kinds of information.
- Many of these questions are wh-questions (who, where, why) as differentiated from mothers' preference for yes/no questions.
- As reported earlier in this paper, fathers use both unmitigated directives and wh-questions (which could serve to extend children's topics) more frequently than do mothers.
- De Villiers found that deaf students between 6 and 14 years of age almost always produced the right kind of wh-question for the appropriate situation.
- Asking ‘wh-questions’ (why, what etc.) would be fatal as it will inevitably invite shoe-beats.